Quote for the day

[Esmeralda]

“Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the devout.”
― Andy Rooney, Sincerely, Andy Rooney

 

[Esmeralda]

“Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

 

[DriftingSand]

“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” Henry Ellis

 

[September]

"The role of the weak is to serve the will of the strong."

 

[BluesMistress]

 

[DriftingSand]

"The role of the weak is to serve the will of the strong."

May I edit?

The role of the weak is to stand up to the strong.

 

[boedicca]

"The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for."

- Oscar Wilde

 

[Ava]

“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”—Robert A. Heinlein

 

[Ropey]

If you talk behind backs, don't be surprised if that's where the replies are directed. - unknown

 

[WelfareQueen]

 

[Ava]

To not advance is to retreat. - Tsunesaburo Makiguchi

 

[Vikrant]

To not advance is to retreat. - Tsunesaburo Makiguchi

It is so true. You never stay in one spot. You either climb up or go down. If you realize this simple fact, your life is much more manageable.

 

[Mertex]

 

[Mertex]

 

[Vikrant]

Yep!

 

[Ava]

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.—Aristotle

 

[dilloduck]

We are what we repeatedly do

 

[WelfareQueen]

 

[Ropey]

The love you take is equal to the love you make - The Beatles

 

[MikeK]

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." (Voltaire)

"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves." (Edward R. Murrow)

"The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a great lie than to a small one" (Adolf Hitler)

"It is surprising how many people are shocked by honesty, and how few by deceit." (Noel Coward )

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist." [President Dwight D. Eisenhower]

"If fascism comes to America it will be draped in a flag and carrying a cross." [Sinclair Lewis - 1935]

"Those who are seen dancing are thought to be insane by those who cannot hear the music." (Friedrich Nietzsche)