Quotations Meme
May. 25th, 2008 02:12 pmGo here and click here until you find five which resonate for you. Then share.
1. "Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality." -Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908 - 1972)
2. "It is hard to have patience with people who say 'There is no death' or 'Death doesn't matter.' There is death. And whatever is matters. And whatever happens has consequences, and it and they are irrevocable and irreversible. You might as well say that birth doesn't matter." - C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963)
3. "They say, best men are molded out of faults,
And, for the most, become much more the better
For being a little bad." -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Measure for Measure", Act 5 scene 1
4. "Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time." -Hebrew Proverb
5. "I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars." -Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
1. "Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality." -Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908 - 1972)
2. "It is hard to have patience with people who say 'There is no death' or 'Death doesn't matter.' There is death. And whatever is matters. And whatever happens has consequences, and it and they are irrevocable and irreversible. You might as well say that birth doesn't matter." - C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963)
3. "They say, best men are molded out of faults,
And, for the most, become much more the better
For being a little bad." -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Measure for Measure", Act 5 scene 1
4. "Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time." -Hebrew Proverb
5. "I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars." -Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
The first five I agreed with
Date: 2008-05-25 09:37 pm (UTC)Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
Who begins too much accomplishes little.
German Proverb
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.
Hannah Arendt
Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language.
Cicero
We can learn even from our enemies.
Ovid