“Hollywood no longer offers entertainment. Instead, activism has replaced acting, and sermons have supplanted stories. Instead of a good yarn, you get a yawn.” StoriesActingOffersHollywoodEntertainmentActivismReplacedSermonsYarn Author:Ilana Mercer
“Rights give rise to legal claims. Ultimately, the more rights animals are granted, the greater the legal lien exercised on their behalf against the liberty and property of people.” PeopleGivingAnimalLibertyGreaterRightsClaimsPropertyGrantedBehalf Author:Ilana Mercer
“Like environmentalists, politicians generally privilege flora and fauna over folks. (NIMBYs excepted. Senator Edward Kennedy is a not-in-my-backyard environmentalist: he opposes wind farms in Nantucket Sound, offshore from his Hyannis Port compound.)” SoundWindPoliticianFolksPrivilegeFarmsSenatorsCompoundsPortBackyardsEnvironmentalistFloraOffshoreFlora And FaunaWind FarmsNantucket Author:Ilana Mercer
“Prayer simply means a longing of the heart, it is the wish felt, - it may be expressed, or not expressed. It may take the form of human language or it may never be uttered at all; still it is a prayer, if God only hears it in the secret recess of the heart.” IfsHumansHeartMayMeanStillsFormLanguageWishFeltPrayerSecretLongingRecessHuman Language Author:Keshub Chandra Sen
“My brothers and my sisters, do always persevere in true and earnest prayer, and the Lord will hear you. Believe that the highest revelations of science are conformable to the doctrine of the efficacy of prayer; that in this doctrine the highest philosophy harmonizes with the purest devotion.” BelievePhilosophyPrayerLordBrotherHighestDevotionDoctrineMy BrotherRevelationsMy SisterEarnestPersevereEfficacy Author:Keshub Chandra Sen
“Bombay is far ahead of Bengal in the matter of female education. I have visited some of the best schools in Bengal and Bombay, and I can say from my own experience that there are a larger number of girls receiving public education in Bombay than in Bengal; but while Bengal has not come up to Bombay as far as regarded extent of education, Bengal is not behind Bombay in the matter of solidarity and depth.” I CanMatterSchoolGirlMy OwnNumbersBehindsFemaleDepthCome UpReceivingSolidarityPublic EducationBombayBest SchoolFemale Education Author:Keshub Chandra Sen
“Education is the chief remedy for all those great evils which afflict the country. Education will not only cultivate and improve the intellect of the nation, but will also purify its character.” CountryCharacterEvilNationsIntellectChiefsRemedy Author:Keshub Chandra Sen
“The education that you give to the upper classes will not uproot idolatry and prejudice, for it is amongst the masses that the error and prejudice will always maintain their power, and while you do not uproot those prejudices from the hearts of the masses, a handful of educated Hindus will never be able successfully to reform the country.” GivingHeartCountryAbleClassMassPrejudiceErrorsEducatedReformHandfulIdolatryUpper Class Author:Keshub Chandra Sen
“If merit is not recognised, still it is merit, and it ought to be honoured as such; but if it is rewarded, it becomes valuable in the eyes of all, and everybody is encouraged to pursue that course in which merit obtains its due reward.” IfsStillsEyeCoursesOughtRewardsValuableDuesPursueMerit Author:Keshub Chandra Sen
“The true object of religion is to bind mankind together, and to bind them all to God. If we see that in the name of religion, men, instead of promoting peace on earth and good-will among men, are trying to show their antagonism and animosity towards each other, then certainly we must stand forward with our voice of protest, and say that religion is defeating its own legitimate object.” IfsMenTryingShowsEarthTogetherNamesVoiceMankindObjectsProtestPromotingGood WillPeace On EarthAnimosityAntagonismPromoting Peace Author:Keshub Chandra Sen