"Nobody seriously believes in the social philosophies of the immediate past."

-- Herbert Read

#Philosophy Quotes #Believe Quotes #Past Quotes

“It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of a country should also be saddled with the responsibility of levying and providing it.”
“Have you ever had one of those moments when you look up and realize that you're one of those people you see on the train talking to themselves?”
“American humor ... is not subtle. It is something that makes you laugh the moment you hear it, you have not to think a scrap.”

Source : Elinor Glyn (2013). “The Essential Elinor Glyn Collection”, p.252, eBookIt.com
“Most misfortunes are the results of misused time.”
“I'm not really a big candy eater.”
“Today's food trucks are far from cheap eats on wheels, there are some seriously gourmet offerings on four wheels.”
“We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own â€“ indeed, to embrace the whole creation in all its diversity, beauty and wonder. This will happen if we see the need to revive our sense of belonging to a larger family of life, with which we have shared our evolutionary process.”

Source : Wangari Maathai's Nobel lecture at the City Hall in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 2004.
“And thus I aspire to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named so that I would not build on another man's foundation.”

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