Society and the World

The world has changed. I see it in the water. I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it. J. R. R.

The board is set; the pieces are moving. We come to it at last...
The great battle of our time. J. R. R.

 

The greater man the greater courtesy.

Little by little, one travels far. J. R. R.

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.

Have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet at the same time - beautiful? E. M.

 

Beat a man with the strength of your argument, not with the strength of your arm.

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our own particular path than we have yet got ourselves. E. M.

 

Between two groups of men that want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds I see no remedy except force... It seems to me that every society rests on the death of men.

Between two groups of men that want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds I see no remedy except force... It seems to me that every society rests on the death of men.

When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration, it wants a corresponding divine quality of receptiveness, and where will you find this but in a woman?

Life is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain.

 

Freedom is a clear conscience.

Freedom is a clear conscience.

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say "I want to see the manager." William S.

All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. J. R. R.

 

Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends. J.R.R.

 

Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends. J.R.R.

 

Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

Because he once wrote, "We must love one another or die," he can command me to follow him. E.M.

I think there are innumerable gods. What we here on earth call God is a little tribal God who has made an awful mess. Certainly forces operating through human consciousness control events. William S.

 

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.