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“Man has wants deeper than can be supplied by wealth or nature or domestic affections. His great relations are to his God and to eternity.”
Source : Mark Hopkins (1853). “A Discourse Commemorative of Amos Lawrence: Delivered by Request of the Students, in the Chapel of Williams College, February 21, 1853”, p.31
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“The surplus of society overrides all our traditions and shapes all our philosophies.”
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“If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument. If not, no monument can preserve my memory.”
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“I still have this image: I can't be controversial, I can't say things.”
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“But we think as people and countries, not as a species.”
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“There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.”
Source : Aeschylus (1954). “Aeschylus: Oresteia; Agamemnon, The libation bearers, The Eumenides, translated and with an introd. by R. Lattimore”
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“Easter is all about remembering the importance of change, responsibility, and doing the right thing for the good of our children.”
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“Today's decision affirms what we all know to be true — the U.S. Constitution guarantees the basic civil rights of all Americans, not just some. Utah's ban on marriage equality does nothing to strengthen or protect any marriage. Instead, it singles out thousands of loving Utah families for unfair treatment simply because of who they are. Our Constitution does not allow for such blatant discrimination.”
