"Action is the activity of the rational soul, which abhors irrationality and must combat it or be corrupted by it. When it sees the irrationality of others, it must seek to correct it, and can do this either by teaching or engaging in public affairs itself, correcting through its practice. And the purpose of action is to enable philosophy to continue, for if men are reduced to the material alone, they become no more than beasts."

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Source : Iain Pears (2003). “Dream of Scipio”, p.237, Penguin

Iain Pears

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“I trust the universe to bring me everything I need at the right time context and order.”
“The biblical assertion that women are created in God's image and Boaz's advocacy for Ruth and Naomi necessarily mean women, then and now, have inherent God-given rights. This surely means the church should be at the forefront of advocating for women's rights - not merely political and legal rights, but as in the case of Boaz moving beyond the letter of the law to exceed how any culture regards women.”

Source : Source: www.patheos.com
“When we imagine the power of all our sisters standing together on the shoulders of a quality education - our joy knows no bounds.”
“Abstract systems depend on trust, yet they provide none of the moral rewards which can be obtained from personalised trust, or were often available in traditional settings from the moral frameworks within which everyday life was undertaken. Moreover, the wholesale penetration of abstract systems into daily life creates risks which the individual is not well placed to confront; high-consequence risks fall into this category. Greater interdependence, up to and including globally independent systems, means greater vulnerability when untoward events occur that affect those systems as a whole.”

Source : Anthony Giddens (2013). “Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age”, p.140, John Wiley & Sons
“Women have invented nothing in all that, except the men who were born as male babies and grew up to be men big enough to be killed fighting.”

Source : Janet Flanner (1985). “Darlinghissima: Letters to a Friend”, Random House (NY)
“I think imitation is always the greatest form of flattery.”

Source : Interview with Bevy Smith, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 26, 2008.
“The actions of my government are not bearable. They devastate our natural resources and deprive our people. The politicians speak piously while practicing greed and divisiveness; they care nothing for the nation. I want to do more than withdraw my support. I want to tar and feather them.”
“Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives.”

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