Stuart Dodgson Collingwood famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
Has Bill Clinton inspired idealism in the young, as he himself was inspired by John F. Kennedy? Or has he actually reduced their idealism? Surely part of the answer lies in Clinton's personal moral lapse with Monica Lewinsky. But more important was his sin of omission - his failure to embrace a moral cause beyond popularity.
In reference works, as in sin, omission is as bad as willful misbehavior.
What believer sees a disturbing omission or infelicity? The text, whether of prophet or of poet, expands for whatever we can put into it, and even his bad grammar is sublime.
No artist knows everything... but since every artist knows more than he can tell, all art is lying by omission.
The moment that any life, however good, stifles you, you may be sure it isn't your real life.
The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.
The so-called peace path is not peace and it is not a substitute for jihad and resistance
History dies without the present. There is no future without the path made to it by the past.
We will have to take risks, to chance failure, to be willing to walk away from the familiar paths that have brought us to this point.

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