Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2008-06-22 Jun 20, 2008It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.~ Herman MelvilleAnd as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.~ Marianne WilliamsonThe great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute -- he simply speaks and does what is right.~ Mencius Jun 19, 2008In their tendencies toward tolerance, openmindedness, faith in people and lack of authoritarianism, selfactualizers do appear to possess psychic strengths which allow them to work well in situations marked by a diversity of viewpoints.~ Jeanne KnutsonArt is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force. There lies its immense value. For what it seeks is to disturb monotony of type, slavery of custom, tyranny of habit, and the reduction of man to the level of a machine.~ Oscar WildeOur duty, as men and women is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation.~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Jun 18, 2008A man is none the less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years.~ Lysander SpoonerWe will all be better citizens when voting records of our Congressmen are followed as carefully as scores of pro-football games.~ Lou EricksonWhen a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.~ Thomas Jefferson Jun 17, 2008Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists.~ George W. BushIf men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences that can invite the consideration of mankind, reason is of no use; the freedom of speech may be taken away, and dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.~ George WashingtonTo silence criticism is to silence freedom.~ Sidney Hook Jun 16, 2008The essence of the liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held: instead of being viewed dogmatically, they are held tentatively, with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment.~ Bertrand RussellIf you do not specify and confront real issues, what you will do will surely obscure them. If you do not alarm anyone morally, you will yourself remain morally asleep. If you do not embody controversy, what you say will be an acceptance of the drift to the coming human hell.~ C. Wright MillsIt is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives.~ Dorothy Thompson Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print