Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons
exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. -- G.K.
Chesterson
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Fortune Quote #2533
When they ask me, 'Who's your favorite poet?' I'd better not mention you,
Though you certainly are my favorite poet And I like your poems
too. -- Wendy Cope
Though you certainly are my favorite poet And I like your poems
too. -- Wendy Cope
Monday, July 8, 2019
Sunday, July 7, 2019
Saturday, July 6, 2019
Fortune Quote #2530
I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral
down a militaristic stairway into hell of nuclear destruction. I believe
that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in
reality. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
down a militaristic stairway into hell of nuclear destruction. I believe
that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in
reality. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Friday, July 5, 2019
Fortune Quote #2529
...nothing in our glittering technology can raise man to new heights
because material growth has been made an end in itself, and, in the absence
of moral purpose, man himself becomes smaller as the works of man become
bigger. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
because material growth has been made an end in itself, and, in the absence
of moral purpose, man himself becomes smaller as the works of man become
bigger. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thursday, July 4, 2019
Fortune Quote #2528
I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature
makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that
forever confronts him. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that
forever confronts him. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Fortune Quote #2527
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long
and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.
-- Winston Churchill
and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.
-- Winston Churchill
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Fortune Quote #2526
All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced
that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth. --
Aristotle
that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth. --
Aristotle
Monday, July 1, 2019
Fortune Quote #2525
The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only
great poets can read them. -- Henry David Thoreau
great poets can read them. -- Henry David Thoreau
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