"In traditional societies, nature was seen as oneâ€™s wife, but the modern West turned it into a prostitute."

-- Seyyed Hossein Nasr

#Wife Quotes #West Quotes #Modern Quotes

“Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.”

Source : John Gay, Nathaniel Cotton, Edward Moore (1826). “Gay's Fables and other poems: Cotton's visions in verse ; Moore's Fables for the female sex ; with sketches of the authors' lives”, p.20
“The current global landscape is quite different from the not-too-distant past. The process of globalization has intensified, and the world is moving towards new forms of governance.”

Source : "What If Everything Went Straight to Hell?". Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com.
“The American war is over; but this far from being the case with the American revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of the drama is closed. It remains yet to establish and perfect our new forms of government, and to prepare the principles, morals, and manners of our citizens for these forms of government after they are established and brought to perfection.”
“At some point the Japanese, Chinese and Saudi buyers of US and European Government bonds will see just what miserable value they offer. Then governments may have to stop all the runaway spending and bailouts and even put up interest rates.”
“My dad bought a Beatles tape when I was in fifth grade, and that was the first time I ever really - I mean I was into music, but that was the first time it really blew my mind. When I heard the 'Red Compilation,' which wasn't like a proper album, I thought, 'music was more than I had ever thought it was before.”
“I always stressed that I didn't have coaching experience, but that I did have a deadline: June 9.”
“Because sometimes when things are going really well, we find the one thing we're pretending we're not looking for.”
“For Social Security to be financially sound, the federal government should have $100 trillion - a sum of money six-and-a-half times the size of our entire economy - in the bank and earning interest right now. But it doesn't. And while many believe that Social Security represents our greatest entitlement problem, Medicare is six times larger in terms of unfunded obligations.”

Source : "A Prescription for American Health Care". imprimis.hillsdale.edu. March 2009.

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