Quotation of the day

Baddy Beware.

God has shown might with his arm, dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart,

God has thrown down the rulers from their thrones, but lifted up the lowly.

The hungry he has filled with good things; the rich he has sent away empty



Magnificat

William Orville Douglas (1898–1980)

"One aspect of modern life which has gone far to stifle men is the rapid growth of tremendous corporations. Enormous spiritual sacrifices are made in the transformation of shopkeepers into employees…. The disappearance of free enterprise has led to a submergence of the individual in the impersonal corporation in much the same manner as he has been submerged in the state in other lands."

Mother Teresa of Calcutta:

‘It is a poverty that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.’

"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."- Joseph Stalin

"Things I've learned about war from videogames: If you find yourself mortally wounded by an enemy sniper be sure to let him know that he is a faggot." - IRC Quote

"Great nations rise and fall. The people go from bondage to spiritual truth, to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back again to bondage."

Author unknown. Attributed to Benjamin Disraeli.

"By looking at Jesus you will learn what it means to be poor in spirit, meek and merciful; what it means to seek justice, to be pure in heart, to be peacemakers. With your gaze set firmly on Him, you will discover the path of forgiveness and reconciliation in a world often laid waste by violence and terror. His is a voice of hope, of forgiveness: a voice of justice and peace. Let us listen to this voice."

Pope John Paul II, World Youth Day, 2002.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945):

"There are as many opinions as there are experts"

"I really really wanna zigazig ha." - The Spice Girls

"basically we should stop doing those things that are destructive to the environment, other creatures, and ourselves and figure out new ways of existing."

-- Moby

And even though you fool your souls
Your conscience will be mine, all mine

Da diddley qa qa da diddley qa qa
Da diddley qa qa da diddley qa qa

(Adam and the Ants)

Erich Fromm (1900–80)

" The lack of objectivity, as far as foreign nations are concerned, is notorious. From one day to another, another nation is made out to be utterly depraved and fiendish, while one’s own nation stands for everything that is good and noble. Every action of the enemy is judged by one standard—every action of oneself by another. Even good deeds by the enemy are considered a sign of particular devilishness, meant to deceive us and the world, while our bad deeds are necessary and justified by our noble goals which they serve.

ERICH FROMM, The Art of Loving, pp. 100–101 (1956).

Originally posted by ivanhoe

Erich Fromm (1900–80)

" The lack of objectivity, as far as foreign nations are concerned, is notorious. From one day to another, another nation is made out to be utterly depraved and fiendish, while one’s own nation stands for everything that is good and noble. Every action of the enemy is judged by one standard—every action of oneself by another. Ev ...[text shortened]... our noble goals which they serve.

ERICH FROMM, The Art of Loving, pp. 100–101 (1956).

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900):

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever.

"A small error in the beginning leads to a multitude of errors in the end."

Thomas Aquinas, De Ente Et Essentia Aristotle, De Coelo