“Florence Farr once said to me, If we could say to ourselves, with sincerity, 'this passing moment is as good as any I shall ever know,' we could die upon the instant and be united with God.” IfsKnowsSaidMomentsDiesUnitedPassingPassingsInstantSincerityFlorencePassing Moments Author:William Butler Yeats
“Only a complete moral idiot can believe for an instant that we are fighting against the wretched of the earth. We are fighting, as I said before, against the scum of the earth” BelieveSaidEarthFightingMoralIdiotInstantWretchedScumScum Of The Earth Book:Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left Source: Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left
“That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with instant communication? We should not fight fire with fire, threats with threats.” WorldShouldSaidFightingFireCommunicationBalanceSpeechBlessedRemainsThreatStrikesInstantMutualFree SpeechCursedMutual RespectInstant Communication Author:Timothy Garton Ash