“This doctrine ['that the condition of man cannot be ameliorated, that what has been must ever be, and that to secure ourselves where we are we must tread with awful reverence in the footsteps of our fathers']is the genuine fruit of the alliance between Church and State, the tenants of which finding themselves but too well in their present condition, oppose all advances which might unmask their usurpations and monopolies of honors, wealth and power, and fear every change as endangering the comforts they now hold.” MenWellsHas BeensStatesMightFatherChurchWealthConditionsHonorComfortFindingsFruitPositive AtheismGenuineDoctrineSecureAwfulReverenceMonopolyOur FatherAlliancesChurch And StateFootstepsTenantsUsurpationPower And Fear Book:Jefferson: Writings Source: Jefferson: Writings
“Descartes, the father of modern philosophy ... would never-so he assures us-have been led to construct his philosophy if he had had only one teacher, for then he would have believed what he had been told; but, finding that his professors disagreed with each other, he was forced to conclude that no existing doctrine was certain.” IfsHas BeensPhilosophyScienceCertainFatherTeacherModernFindingsDoctrineProfessorsConstructsModern Philosophy Book:Unpopular Essays Source: Unpopular Essays
“There's nothing like it, but it's not as good as you think it's going to be. . . . I was disappointed because there are records of people finding things that have been there for years. I was hoping for a shirt button, or my club's badge - but not a sausage.” PeopleThinkingYearsHas BeensRecordsFindingsClubsShirtsDisappointedButtonsBadgesSausage Author:Billy Connolly
“Human reason can neither predict nor deliberately shape its own future. Its advances consist in finding out where it has been wrong.” HumansHas BeensReasonKnowledgeLearningIntegrityShapesFindingsConscienceHuman Reason Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“It is so natural for us to consider our presence as indispensable in the world, so long as we have much to do in it, that the wisdom of retiring wholly from employments in advanced life may be questioned. Certainly, he who does so is in danger of finding, before long, that he has only given up the occupation to which he has been accustomed, for the new business of calculating the period of his decease.” WorldMayLongDoeHas BeensGivenNaturalDangerPeriodsFindingsEmploymentOccupationRetirementRetiringIndispensableAccustomedGiven UpCalculatingNew Business Author:Christian Nestell Bovee