Saturday, July 16, 2011

Sri Chinmoy (1931 -2007)


"Try not to change the world. You will fail. Try to love the world. Lo, the world is changed. Changed forever."
— Sri Chinmoy

Friday, July 15, 2011

Libertarians

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 - 1945)


If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction."
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Bastille Day


King Louis XVI: Is it a revolt?
Duke Francois de Rochfoucauld: No sire, it's a revolution.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Despair

Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)


"The fate of the country does not depend on how you vote at the polls — the worst man is as strong as the best at that game; it does not depend on what kind of paper you drop into the ballot-box once a year, but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every morning." Henry David Thoreau

Monday, July 11, 2011

Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)


Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock.
Will Rogers