Old Greek Proverb – A Society Grows Great
“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” – Old Greek proverb
Read more“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” – Old Greek proverb
Read more“We, all of us in the First World, have participated in something of a binge, a half century of unbelievable prosperity and ease. We may have had some intuition that it was a binge and the earth couldn’t support it, but aside from the easy things (biodegradable detergent, slightly smaller cars) we didn’t do much. We didn’t turn our lives […]
Read more“You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.” – Norman Douglas
Read more“Nearly all that we call human history — money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery — [is] the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.” – C.S. Lewis
Read more“Each and every human person has been created in the “image and likeness” of the One who is the origin of all that Is. We have within us the capacities for wisdom and virtue. With these gifts, and with the help of God’s grace, we can build in the next millennium a civilization worthy of the human person, a true […]
Read more“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” – Chief Seattle
Read more“The young always have the same problem — how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their elders and copying one another.” – Quentin Crisp
Read more“I learned to slip back and forth between m black and white worlds. One of those tricks I had learned: People were satisfied so long as you were courteous and smiled and made no sudden moves. They were more than satisfied; they were relieved — such a pleasant surprise to find a well-mannered young black man who didn’t seem angry […]
Read more“There’s a stereotype that black people are lazy. I don’t know if that’s true, but I know white people went all the way to Africa to get out of doing work.” – Lance Crouther
Read more“…tragedy has been, and will always be with us. Somewhere right now, evil people are planning evil things. All of us will do everything meaningful; everything we can do to prevent it, but each horrible act can’t become an ax for opportunists to cleave the very Bill of Rights that binds us. America must stop this predictable pattern of reaction; […]
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