“It [will-making] is the latest opportunity we have of exercising the natural perversity of the disposition. This last act of our lives seldom belies the former tenor of them for stupidity, caprice, and unmeaning spite. All that we seem to think of is to manage matters so (in settling accounts with those who are so unmannerly as to survive us) as to do as little good, and to plague and disappoint as many people, as possible.” PeopleThinkingLittlesMatterSeemsLastsOpportunityNaturalOur LivesExerciseAccountsStupidityManageFormerSettlingSpiteDispositionPlagueDisappointTenorsCapricePerversity Author:William Hazlitt
“I think the humanities always have to take science, our great knowledge that we get from science, into account, but then try to answer the human questions and try to make sense out of our lives, taking into account all of the scientific knowledge.” ThinkingTryingHumansHumanityAnswersOur LivesAccountsMake SenseScientific KnowledgeGreat Knowledge Author:Rebecca Goldstein
“This is the blessed life-not anxious to see far in front, nor eager to choose the path, but quietly following behind the Shepherd, one step at a time. The Shepherd was always out in front of the sheep. He was down in front. Any attack upon them had to take him into account. Now God is down in front. He is in the tomorrows. It is tomorrow that fills men with dread. God is there already. All the tomorrows of our life have to pass Him before they can get to us.” MenBehindsStepsPathOur LivesFrontsTomorrowAccountsBlessedFollowingAnxiousSheepDreadShepherdsBlessed LifeOne Step At A TimeGod Is There Author:F.B. Meyer
“We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.” IfsKnowsMayEnoughPurposeWiseOur LivesAccountsPerseveranceMissionsFulfilled Author:Ellen Swallow Richards
“Religious faith is the only area of discourse where immunity through conversation is considered noble . It's the only area of our lives where someone can win points for saying, "There's nothing that you can do to change my mind and I'm taking no state of the world ultimately into account in believing what I believe. There's nothing to change about the world that would cause me to revise my beliefs.” WorldMindBelieveStatesWinningBeliefI BelieveCausesCan DoReligiousOur LivesConversationAreasAccountsNobleDiscourseReligious FaithImmunity Author:Sam Harris
“In order not to be misunderstood, I want it perfectly clear that I believe it is incumbent on us to conduct our lives in a way that takes into account all the consequences of our actions, including the consequences to other people, and the consequences to the environment.” PeopleWayWantBelieveActionOrderI BelieveClearEnvironmentOur LivesConsequenceAccountsIncludingMisunderstoodOur ActionsIncumbentsConsequences Of Our Actions Author:Michael Crichton