“An imbecile habit has arisen in modern controversy of saying that such and such a creed can be held in one age but cannot be held in another. Some dogma, we are told, was credible in the twelfth century, but is not credible in the twentieth. You might as well say that a certain philosophy can be believed on Mondays, but cannot be believed on Tuesdays. You might as well say of a view of the cosmos that it was suitable to half-past three, but not suitable to half-past four. What a man can believe depends upon his philosophy, not upon the clock or the century.” MenBelieveWellsPhilosophyMightAgePastCertainThreeViewsHalfFourModernCenturyDependsHabitClockCosmosCreedsDogmaMondayControversySuitableTuesdayCredibleImbeciles Book:The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton Source: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton
“There is simply no room left for 'freedom from the tyranny of government' since city dwellers depend on it for food, power, water, transportation, protection, and welfare. Your right to live where you want, with companions of your choosing, under laws to which you agree, died in the eighteenth century with Captain Mission. Only a miracle or a disaster could restore it.” WantGovernmentLawLeftWaterRoomsCitiesCenturyDependsMiracleDiedAgreeMissionsProtectionDisasterTyrannyWelfareCompanionCaptainsTransportationDwellers Book:Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader Source: Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader
“The morality of the 21st century will depend on how we respond to this simple but profound question: Does every human life have equal moral value simply and merely because it is human?” HumansDoeValuesSimpleMoralCenturyDependsMoralityEqualProfoundHuman Life21st CenturyMoral Values Author:Wesley J. Smith
“Entertainment has seduced us into believing that we have a chance to live the life they live in the movies. Even the people in the movies don't live that life. It doesn't take 135 minutes to make a life, it takes almost a century. Everything doesn't depend on what happens in the next ninety seconds. Ever.” PeopleBelieveHappensNextChanceMinutesCenturyDependsEntertainmentLive LifeSecondsNinety Author:Seth Godin