Whatever happened to the notion of "random acts of kindness?"
" No one gossips about other people's secret virtues!" On Education Bertrand Russell Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, June 25, 2005
We lack confidence in the thinker!.....................................
" Organic life we are told has developed gradually from the protozoan to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured is indubitably an advance. Unfortunately, it is the philosopher, not the protozoan that gives us this assurance." Mysticism and Logic, Ch. 6 Bertrand Russell Sign in to see full entry.
Now we have a fair description of our political debate here abouts.........
" Pure mathematics consists entirely of assertions to the effect that, if such and such a proposition is true of anything, then such and such another proposition is true of that thing. It is essential not to discuss whether the first proposition actually is true, and not to mention what the anything... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, June 24, 2005
Take a Risk -- Fall in Love................................................
" Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness." Marriage and Morals Bertrand Russell Sign in to see full entry.
Well, This could be LBJ, Stalin, Castro, Kim Jung Il, Saddam, OBL..........
" The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history." -- The Conquest of Happiness Bertrand Russell Sign in to see full entry.
OK, So We Can Have Quotes from Others, Who Knew?.........................
" Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind." -- Bertrand Russell 1872 - 1970 Sign in to see full entry.
Gosh, What Would Faye Dunaway Have to Say to Madonna?......................
If a woman like Eva Peron with no ideals can get that far, think how far I can go with all the ideals that I have. --Margaret Thatcher 1980 Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, June 23, 2005
We could all use a little luck!............................................
" I wasn't lucky, I deserved it!" -- Margaret Thatcher, age 9 Sign in to see full entry.
Oh, if we were so lucky!...................................................
" And what a prize we have to fight for: no less than the chance to banish from our land the dark divisive clouds of Marxist socialism." -- Margaret Thatcher 1983 Sign in to see full entry.
On the Value of Money......................................................
No one would have remembered the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well! -- Margaret Thatcher Sign in to see full entry.