Wednesday, June 29, 2011

That Tiresome Old Drunk

Louis Brandeis (1856 - 1941)


The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. Louis Brandeis

Monday, June 27, 2011

Erich Fromm (1900 - 1980)


The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist.
Erich Fromm

Sunday, June 26, 2011

C.S. Lewis (1898 - 1963)


Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. C.S. Lewis

Saturday, June 25, 2011

J. K. Rowling


It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies; but a great deal more to stand up to your friends. J.K. Rowling (Albus Dumbledore)

Friday, June 24, 2011

Rollo May (1909 - 1994)


The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
Rollo May