“It seems to rise again when the crisis times come, and this is a time of most severe crisis, as we all know, not just for the history of the United States and the survival indeed of our democracy, but for the future peace of the world. And never before probably has the need for interfaith commitment been nearly as great as it is at this very moment.” KnowsWorldNeedsStatesMomentsGodSeemsTimeSpiritualityUnitedHistoryUnited StatesDemocracyFutureSurvivalCommitmentCrisisSevereInterfaith Author:Walter Cronkite
“For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death.” WorldFirstsHumansMomentsHuman BeingsHistoryEnvironmentDangerousFirst TimeHistoricalEnvironmentalContactConceptionChemicalsPollutionEcologyWorld HistoryHuman HistoryOur EnvironmentEnvironmentalistSave Mother EarthGreen LivingSilent SpringInspirational Environmental Book:Silent Spring Source: Silent Spring
“What is a great man who has made his mark upon history? Every time, if we think far enough, he is a man who has looked through the confusion of the moment and has seen the moral issue involved; he is a man who has refused to have his sense of justice distorted; he has listened to his conscience until conscience becomes a trumpet call to like-minded men, so that they gather about him, and together, with mutual purpose and mutual aid, they make a new period in history.” IfsThinkingMenMadeEnoughMomentsTogetherPurposeJusticeMoralHistoryIssuesInvolvedPeriodsConscienceMarkAidsConfusionGreat MenMutualTrumpetsMoral IssuesMutual Aid Author:Jane Addams
“What a general could do, Thomas did; no more dependable soldier for a moment of crisis existed on the North American continent, or ever did exist... Thomas comes down in history as the Rock of Chickamauga, the great defensive fighter, the man who could never be driven away but who was not much on the offensive. That may be a correct appraisal, Yet it may also be worth making note that just twice in all the war was a major Confederate army driven away from a prepared position in complete rout - at Chattanooga and at Nashville. Each time the blow that routed it was launched by Thomas.” MenMayWarMomentsHistoryRocksPositionHe ManMajorsArmyCrisisNotesPreparedSoldierBlowDrivenFighterCivil WarContinentsOffensiveAmerican Civil WarNashvilleConfederateDependableAppraisal Author:Bruce Catton
“The only real distinction at this dangerous moment in human history and cosmic development has nothing to do with medals and ribbons. Not to fall asleep is distinguished. Everything else is mere popcorn.” HumansArtRealPhilosophyMomentsFallHistoryDangerousDevelopmentMereDistinctionCosmicMedalHuman HistoryDistinguishedRibbonsPopcorn Author:Saul Bellow
“It's really hard for me to use the term 'history' in the singular, because it suggests a reductivist view of how moments and events congeal and reflect the passage of time. I'd rather stick to the pluralness of 'histories' in order to suggest the simultaneity, the parallel forces at work, which produce lived experience.” HardMomentsUseOrderForceTermViewsHistoryEventsProduceSticksPassagesParallelsPassage Of Time Author:Barbara Kruger
“It is undeniable that others and the larger world, so beleaguered at this moment in history, need everything that we have to give. But what to give is the problem. It seems finally clear that we cannot find out what to do simply by thinking about it. We need to gain our inspiration and our direction from much deeper sources.” ThinkingWorldNeedsGivingMomentsProblemInspirationSeemsHistoryClearSourceGainsDeeper Book:Touching Enlightenment: Finding Realization in the Body Source: Touching Enlightenment: Finding Realization in the Body