“We don't pray for the land. We pray for the humans, all humans... starting with the president, Mohammed Morsi, and all officials, and for God to give everyone wisdom and responsibility to manage the affairs of this country and its people in true Egyptian spirit.” PeopleGivingHumansCountryWisdomSpiritPresidentResponsibilityLandPrayingStartingAffairManageOfficialsEgyptian Author:Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria
“Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose errors are the least, let the wise man consider everything human as connected with himself; for in worldly affairs there is no perfect happiness under heaven.” MenHumansHeavenBornPerfectWiseErrorsFaultsAffairConnectedWorldlyPerfect Happiness Author:Gerald of Wales
“Mysticism joins and unites; reason divides and separates. People crave belonging more than understanding. Hence the prominent role of mysticism, and the limited role of reason in human affairs.” PeopleHumansReasonUnderstandingRolesAffairMysticismBelongingDividesCraveProminent Book:The Untamed Tongue: A Dissenting Dictionary Source: The Untamed Tongue: A Dissenting Dictionary
“The study of letters is the study of the operation of human force, of human freedom and activity; the study of nature is the study of the operation of non-human forces, of human limitation and passivity. The contemplation of human force and activity tends naturally to heighten our own force and activity; the contemplation of human limits and passivity tends rather to check it. Therefore the men who have had the humanistic training have played, and yet play, so prominent a part in human affairs, in spite of their prodigious ignorance of the universe.” MenHumansPlayScienceUniverseForceEducationStudyIgnoranceHe ManActivityLimitsTrainingLettersAffairChecksLimitationOperationsContemplationSpiteProminentPassivityHuman FreedomHumanisticProdigious Book:Schools and Universities on the Continent Source: Schools and Universities on the Continent