Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Quotes of Freedom

Here are just a few quotes that I have lying around. Thought it would be useful to dispense of them and let others gain whatever wisdom they seem to impart.

"It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write. " – Sinclair Lewis

"I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen." – John Steinbeck

"You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." - C.S. Lewis

"The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government." – Thomas Paine

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it." – Thomas Paine

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." – Benjamin Franklin

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." – Benjamin Franklin

"A man is as free as he chooses to make himself, never an atom freer." - George MacDonald

"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another." – Charles Dickens

Then of courese my own self-induglent reference.

"The belief that intelligence equals omniscience is a true sign of ignorance" - E.W. Lewis

2 comments:

  1. Your indulgent quote reminds me of a geeky Star Trek quote: "Believing oneself to be perfect is often a sign of a delusional mind" - Lt. Commander Data :-)

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  2. Whya am I not surprised that you , of all people, would be able to pull a ST quote out of nowhere.

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