Talk to me about the truth of religion and I’ll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I’ll listen submissively. But don’t come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don’t understand.
—C.S. Lewis, 1961
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The money we have is the means to liberty; that which we pursue is the means to slavery.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau, c. 1770I want to be the white man’s brother, not his brother-in-law.
—Martin Luther King Jr., 1962Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so shall you come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1838Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
—Oscar Wilde, 1890At the start there’s always energy.
—Suzan-Lori Parks, 2006It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
—Frederick Douglass, 1852To live outside the law, you must be honest.
—Bob Dylan, 1966A whale-ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
—Herman Melville, 1851The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.
—Aristotle, c. 322 BCMan is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve and from which he cannot escape.
—Erich Fromm, 1947One should always have one’s boots on and be ready to leave.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.
—Hannah Arendt, 1970