"There are no people on earth in whom a spirit of enthusiastic zeal is so readily kindled, and burns so remarkably, as Americans"

-- David McCullough

#People Quotes #Earth Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“When the President was asked about global warming at a public appearance yesterday, he responded by talking about America's addiction to oil. You make the connection.”
“Since the Enlightenment, popular religion has rejected the Enlightenment path and transformed itself into a bastion of resistance against reason.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts. We can either be ugly and contemptuous in our behavior, which will turn people off, or else we can carry ourselves with dignity and pride.”
“God sits enthroned, ready to listen, to help.”

Source : Margaret Feinberg (2012). “Wonderstruck: Awaken to the Nearness of God”, p.67, Worthy Publishing
“The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather.”

Source : 1950 The Liberal Imagination.
“Men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the 'culture of waste.' If a computer breaks it is a tragedy, but poverty, the needs and dramas of so many people end up being considered normal. ... When the stock market drops 10 points in some cities, it constitutes a tragedy. Someone who dies is not news, but lowering income by 10 points is a tragedy! In this way people are thrown aside as if they were trash.”
“Don't get discouraged: it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”
“The exception does not prove the rule.”

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