"The issue ultimately involved is whether there is a source of truth higher than, and independent of, man; and the answer to the question is decisive for oneâ€™s view of the nature and destiny of man."

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Source : Richard M. Weaver (2013). “Ideas Have Consequences: Expanded Edition”, p.3, University of Chicago Press

Richard M. Weaver

#Independent Quotes #Destiny Quotes #Men Quotes

“I am from Britain and think it is right that as a woman I am paid the same as my male counterparts. I think it is right that I should be able to make decisions about my own body. I think it is right that women be involved on my behalf in the policies and decision-making of my country. I think it is right that socially I am afforded the same respect as men. But sadly I can say that there is no one country in the world where all women can expect to receive these rights.”
“Human pride is a strange thing; it cannot easily be suppressed, and if you stop up hole A will peep forth again in a twinkling from another hole B, and if this is closed it is ready to come out at hole C, and so on.”
“To your dog, you are the greatest, the smartest, the nicest human being who was ever born.”
“When at a young age you learn to face your fears, that makes the difference between people being champions and people not being champions.”
“If the EU and the US can cooperate successfully on regulating financial markets, everyone else will follow.”
“The tears of God are the meaning of history”

Source : Nicholas Wolterstorff (1987). “Lament for a Son”, p.90, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“In the lifetime of one person, we went from figuring out where we came from to figuring out how to get rid of ourselves.”

Source : 1993 On the 80-year period from Darwin's Origin of Species to the first nuclear bomb. In Time, 26 Apr.
“If you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong.”

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