“I think Whitman more than any other poet possessed the gift of revealing to others the beauty of everything around us, the beauty of nature, the beauty of human beings.” ThinkingHumansHuman BeingsPoetPossessedRevealingNature Beauty Book:We are Many: An Autobiography by Ella Reeve Bloor Source: We are Many: An Autobiography by Ella Reeve Bloor
“Socrates.- If all goes well, the time will come when one will take up the memorabilia of Socrates rather than the Bible as a guide to morals and reason... The pathways of the most various philosophical modes of life lead back to him... Socrates excels the founder of Christianity in being able to be serious cheerfully and in possessing that wisdom full of roguishness that constitutes the finest state of the human soul. And he also possessed the finer intellect.” IfsHumansWellsSoulStatesReasonPhilosophyAbleMoralChristianitySeriousPhilosophicalVariousIntellectGuidesPossessedFoundersFinestHuman SoulPathwaysPossessingMemorabilia Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“The rules of grammar are mere human statutes, which is why when he speaks out of the possessed the Devil himself speaks bad Latin.” HumansSpeakDevilMereLatinPossessedGrammarSpeaks OutStatutes Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg
“Man has existed for about a million years. He has possessed writing for about 6,000 years, agriculture somewhat longer, but perhaps not much longer. Science, as a dominant factor in determining the belief of educated men, has existed for about 300 years; as a source of economic technique, for about 150 years. In this brief period it has proved itself an incredibly powerful revolutionary force. When we consider how recently it has risen to power, we find ourselves forced to believe that we are at the very beginning of its work in transforming human life.” MenWritingYearsBelieveHumansScienceBeliefForcePowerfulHistoryMillionsPowerLearningEconomicSourcePeriodsEconomicsTechniqueFactorsEducatedHuman LifeRevolutionaryPossessedAgricultureDominantTransformingRisenEducated Man Book:The Impact of Science On Society Source: The Impact of Science On Society