"Our forefathers found the evils of free thinking more to be endured than the evils of inquest or suppression. This is because thoughtful, bold and independent minds are essential to the wise and considered self-government."

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Source : Quoted by Z. Chafee Jr. in Atlantic Monthly, January 1955.

Robert H. Jackson

#Wise Quotes #Independent Quotes #Thoughtful Quotes

“It's perfectly clear to me that religion is a myth. It's something we have invented to explain the inexplicable. My religion and the spiritual side of my life come from a sense of connection to the humankind and nature on this planet and in the universe. I am in overwhelming awe of it all: It is so fantastic, so complex, so beyond comprehension. What does it all mean -- if it has any meaning at all? But how can it all exist if it doesn't have some kind of meaning? I think anyone who suggests that they have the answer is motivated by the need to invent answers, because we have no such answers.”
“The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going.”
“No accident of environment or circumstance need cut us off from nature. ... It does not matter how shut in we are. Opportunity for wide experience is of small acccount in this as in other things; it is depth that brings understanding and life.”
“By slowing down at the right moments, people find that they do everything better: They eat better; they make love better; they exercise better; they work better; they live better.”
“I like - not so much jewelry and that - but jackets, clothes, games as well.”

Source : "Jamie Waylett Talks About Being 'Crabbe'". Interview with Marie Morreale, www.scholastic.com.
“I find that balancing my life with my work with the kids at St. Jude, working on books, working on my career as an actor and taking time out for my husband and family help to cushion a lot of the blows.”
“Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?”

Source : Song: The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
“It's impossible to be unhappy while wearing a poncho!”

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