Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2015-06-24 Jun 24, 2015A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.~ Justice Charles Evans HughesDo not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.~ Ralph Waldo EmersonTwo roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.~ Robert Frost Jun 23, 2015I am only one. But still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do.~ Edward Everett HaleOne man can completely change the character of a country, and the industry of its people, by dropping a single seed in fertile soil.~ John C. GiffordIt is an injustice, a grave evil and a disturbance of the right order, for a larger and higher organisation, to arrogate to itself functions which can be performed efficiently by smaller and lower bodies.~ Pope Leo XIII Jun 22, 2015I do not like the pretensions of Government -- the grounds on which it demands my obedience -- to be pitched too high. I don't like the medicine-man's magical pretensions nor the Bourbon's Divine Right. This is not solely because I disbelieve in magic and in Bossuet's Politique. I believe in God, but I detest theocracy. For every Government consists of mere men and is, strictly viewed, a makeshift; if it adds to its commands 'Thus saith the Lord', it lies, and lies dangerously. On just the same ground I dread government in the name of science. That is how tyrannies come in. In every age the men who want us under their thumb, if they have any sense, will put forward the particular pretension which the hopes and fears of that age render most potent. They 'cash in'. It has been magic, it has been Christianity. Now it will certainly be science. Perhaps the real scientists may not think much of the tyrants' 'science'-- they didn't think much of Hitler's racial theories or Stalin's biology. But they can be muzzled.~ C. S. Lewis Jun 19, 2015A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained.~ Joseph StoryTo enjoy freedom, if the platitude is pardonable, we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly, squirting half the house in order to water a single rose-bush; we must train them, exactly and powerfully, here on the very spot.~ Virginia WoolfIt is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and THEN do your best.~ W. Edwards Deming Jun 18, 2015Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.~ Robert G. IngersollThe safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.~ VoltaireLiberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.~ William Allen White Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print