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Sydney Carter Quote: “Scriptures and creeds may come to…”

Scriptures and creeds may come to seem incredible, but faith will still go dancing on.

October 29, 2021 1915, English, May 6, Quotes by Poets, Sydney Carter

Anne Grant Quote: “Just as the body goes into…”

Just as the body goes into shock after a physical trauma, so does the human psyche go into shock after the impact of a major loss.

October 29, 2021 1755, Anne Grant, February 21, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Marshall McLuhan Quote: “Far more thought and care go…”

Far more thought and care go into the composition of any prominent ad in a newspaper or magazine than go into the writing of their features and editorials.

October 28, 2021 1911, Canadian, July 21, Marshall McLuhan, Quotes by Sociologists

Julian Bond Quote: “I do think that some of…”

I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going to go on for decades, and you’d have to knuckle down. A lot of people in our generation did that. They didn’t drop out and run away.

October 25, 2021 1940, American, January 14, Julian Bond, Quotes by Activists

Jim Hightower Quote: “The opposite for courage is not…”

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

October 24, 2021 1943, American, January 11, Jim Hightower, Quotes by Activists

William James Quote: “Action seems to follow feeling, but…”

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.

October 23, 2021 1842, American, January 11, Quotes by Philosophers, William James

Gil Scott-Heron Quote: “I was one of the first…”

I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee.

October 18, 2021 1949, American, April 1, Gil Scott-Heron, Quotes by Poets

Alan Watts Quote: “But I’ll tell you what hermits…”

But I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything.

October 16, 2021 1915, Alan Watts, English, January 6, Quotes by Philosophers

Nhat Hanh Quote: “The purpose of a vacation is…”

The purpose of a vacation is to have the time to rest. But many of us, even when we go on vacation, don’t know how to rest. We may even come back more tired than before we left.

October 16, 2021 1926, Nhat Hanh, October 11, Quotes by Activists, Vietnamese

Pietro Aretino Quote: “I am a free man. I…”

I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry themselves about style, and so cease to be themselves. Without a master, without a model, without a guide, I go to work and earn my living, my well-being and my fame.

October 13, 2021 1492, April 20, Italian, Pietro Aretino, Quotes by Poets

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