"In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."

-- Mark Twain

#Thank You Quotes #Memorial Day Quotes #Courage Quotes

“To this end the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher.”
“Legal and illegal activities had become inextricably intertwined.”

Source : "The Globalization of Poverty and the New World Order". Book by Michel Chossudovsky, 2003.
“Your brain receives, stores, and processes information, dispenses results, and controls your biological equipment. When properly programmed, computers can do likewise, except that they control electromechanical rather than biological equipment. Beyond these functional similarities, computers and brains have virtually nothing in common.”
“It is said the warrior's is the twofold Way of pen and sword, and he should have a taste for both Ways. Even if a man has no natural ability he can be a warrior by sticking assiduously to both divisions of the Way.”
“We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.”
“For a kid who's lost his mom and all the rage and grief that no one was able to talk out of me, football was a very therapeutic sport. Very.”
“In science , all conclusions are provisional, subject to new evidence and better arguments, the very antithesis of religious faith.”

Source : Michael Shermer (2010). “Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown”, p.197, Macmillan
“The dance, just as the performance of the actor, is kinesthetic art, art of the muscle sense. The awareness of tension and relaxation within his own body, the sense of balance that distinguishes the proud stability of the vertical from the risky adventures of thrusting and falling--these are the tools of the dancer.”

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