We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. Great short quote and […]
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We are armed with language adequate to describe each leaf of the filed, but not to describe human character. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry David Thoreau , US Transcendentalist author (1817 – 1862)
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We are here and it is now. Further than that all human knowledge is moonshine. Great short quote and quotation by: H. L. Mencken , US editor (1880 – 1956)
We are here and it is now. Further than that all human knowledge is moonshine. Great short quote and quotation by: H. L. Mencken , US editor (1880 – 1956)
We are here to add to the sum of human goodness. To prove the thing exists. And however futile each individual act of courage or generosity, self-sacrifice or grace-it still proves the thing exists. Each act adds to the fund. It needs replenishment. Not only because evil flourishes, and is, most indefensibly, defended. But because […]
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We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey. Great short quote and quotation by: Stephen Covey ,
We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race. Great short quote and quotation by: Cicero , Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC – 43 BC)
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Gerald Weinberg, "The Psychology of Computer Programming"
We have come through a strange cycle in programming, starting with the creation of programming itself as a human activity. Executives with the tiniest smattering of knowledge assume that anyone can write a program, and only now are programmers beginning to win their battle for recognition as true professionals. Not just anyone, with any background, […]
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We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form. Great short quote and quotation by: William Ralph Inge , English author & Anglican prelate […]
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We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any […]
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We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind. Great short quote and quotation by: Eric Hoffer , (1902 – 1983)