“Surely it should be a matter of moral responsibility that we humans, different from other animals mainly by virtue of our more highly developed intellect and, with it, our greater capacity for understanding and compassion, ensure that medical progress slowly detaches its roots from the manure of non-human animal suffering and despair.” ShouldHumansDifferentMatterSufferingUnderstandingAnimalResponsibilityCompassionMoralVirtueGreaterProgressDespairCapacityRootsIntellectMedicalAnimal RightsHuman AnimalManureMoral ResponsibilityAnimal SufferingUnderstanding And Compassion Author:Jane Goodall
“Prayer by its nature is communion and union of man with God; by its action it is the reconciliation of man with God, the mother and daughter of tears, a bridge for crossing temptations, a wall of protection from afflictions, a crushing of conflicts, boundless activity, the spring of virtues, the source of spiritual gifts, invisible progress, food of the soul, the enlightening of the mind, an axe for despair, a demonstration of hope, release from sorrow, the wealth of monks.” MenMindSoulActionSpiritualMotherPeaceWealthPrayerVirtueProgressTearsSourceWallSorrowActivityConflictDespairSpringDaughterUnionsProtectionInvisibleTemptationReleaseBridgesCrushCommunionAfflictionMonkReconciliationEnlighteningDemonstrationBoundlessCrossingsMother And DaughterSpiritual Gifts Author:Ignatius Bryanchaninov
“But by far the greatest obstacle to the progress of science and to the undertaking of new tasks and provinces therein is found in this-that men despair and think things impossible.” ThinkingMenScienceFoundProgressImpossibleDespairTasksObstaclesUndertakingsProvincesGreatest Obstacles Book:The Great Instauration Source: The Great Instauration
“The happiest youth, viewing his progress through, What perils past, what crosses to ensue, Would shut the book, and sit him down and die.” LifeBookPastDiesFateProgressYouthDespairCrossesDown AndPeril Author:William Shakespeare
“We never gave up. We didn't get lost in a sea of despair. We kept the faith. We kept pushing and pulling. We kept marching. And we made some progress.” MadeLostProgressSeaDespairPushingPullingGave Up Author:John Lewis