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What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.
~Boris Pasternak
A Guy
What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.
~Boris Pasternak
A Guy
"Although we give lip service to the notion of freedom, we know that government is no longer the servant of the people but, at last, has become the people's master. We have stood by like timid sheep while the wolf killed -- first the weak, then the strays, then those on the outer edges of the flock, until at last the entire flock belonged to the wolf." -- Gerry Spence - Lawyer and author - Source: From Freedom To Slavery
"This morning I looked down at my unmade bed and decided that it was art in another medium and I should not destroy it."
--anonymous--
that reminds me of a quote from U Turn, an enjoyable film, which i rewatched just the other night.
Darrell: Ya think bad, then bad's what ya get.
Jimi Hendrix"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."
Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
~Dylan Thomas
A Guy
Thanks Bill :)
Just to keep a theme going ....
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
W. H. Davies
"Nothing could be more irrational than to give the people power, and to withhold from them information without which power is abused." - James Madison