“All through the centuries scholars and scientists have been imprisoned, tortured and burned alive for some discovery which seemed to conflict with a petty text of Scripture. Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.” Has BeensBookEarthLawUniverseTeachAliveCenturyHolyLessonsConflictDiscoveryScientistPositive AtheismScriptureScholarBurnedPettyImpressiveExaltedHoly Books Book:The Woman's Bible Source: The Woman's Bible
“In no other field has the world yet paid so dearly for the abandonment of nineteenth-century liberalism as in the field where the retreat began: in international relations. Yet only a small part of the lesson which experience ought to have taught us has been learned.” WorldHas BeensCenturyFieldsTaughtOughtLessonsRelationPaidInternationalLiberalismRetreatAbandonmentInternational RelationsNineteenth CenturyTaught UsSmall Parts Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“We believe that there is one economic lesson which our twentieth century experience has demonstrated conclusively-that America can no more survive and grow without big business than it can survive and grow without small business.... the two are interdependent. You cannot strengthen one by weakening the other, and you cannot add to the stature of a dwarf by cutting off the legs of a giant.” BelieveTwoBigsAmericaGrowsBusinessCuttingEconomicCenturyLessonsAddLegsGiantsSmall BusinessTwentieth CenturyStatureBig BusinessDwarfsDwarvesWeakeningCutting Off Author:Benjamin Franklin Fairless
“I’m a big fan of history—applying the lessons as well as the joys and sadness. If we pay attention, we would see how we affect each other. In terms of time, we are not that far from one another. If we were to look back a century, it would seem like a long time; but, if we look at it by decades then it’s only 10 years, and by generations it’s only five.” IfsYearsWellsLooksLongBigsSeemsJoyTermPayAttentionFiveGenerationsSadnessFansCenturyLessonsLong TimeDecadesPay AttentionJoy And Sadness Author:Nikki Giovanni
“The fact that Newton and Michael Faraday and other scientists of the past were deeply religious shows that religious skepticism is not a prejudice that governed science from the beginning, but a lesson that has been learned through centuries of experience in the study of nature.” Has BeensFactsShowsPastReligiousStudyCenturyLessonsScientistPrejudiceSkepticismNewton Book:Facing Up Source: Facing Up
“If there is one clear lesson of our century, it is this: where aggression is tolerated, it multiplies.” IfsClearCenturyLessonsAggression Author:Bob Dole
“Ohio's students deserve a first-class education appropriate for the 21st century, not Sunday School lessons masquerading as science.” FirstsSchoolClassCenturyStudentsLessonsDeserveAppropriateSunday21st CenturyOhioFirst ClassSunday School Author:Barry W. Lynn
“We have been so successful in the past century at the art of living longer and staying alive that we have forgotten how to die. Too often we learn the hard way. As soon as the baby boomers pass pensionable age, their lesson will be harsher still.” WayHas BeensArtStillsHardAgePastDiesSuccessfulAliveCenturyBabyLessonsForgottenStayingStaying AliveArt Of LivingHard WayBoomersBaby BoomerLearning The Hard Way Author:Terry Pratchett