“MEN WALK ON THE MOON. To me, this speaks of a time when America wasn't just about the almighty buck. The Russians had put up Sputnik, and the U.S. would not be outdone. I admire that about the American spirit. There's only one spot in history for the first ever of anything.” MenFirstsAmericaSpiritSpeakWalksMoonAdmireSpotsAlmightyBucksAmerican SpiritSputnik Author:Nathan Fillion
“Philip Kitcher has composed the most formidable defense of the secular view of life since Dewey. Unlike almost all of contemporary atheism, Life After Faith is utterly devoid of cartoons and caricatures of religion. It is, instead, a sober and soulful book, an exemplary practice of philosophical reflection. Scrupulous in its argument, elegant in its style, humane in its spirit, it is animated by a stirring aspiration to wisdom. Even as I quarrel with it I admire it.” BookSpiritViewsPracticeAtheismStyleReflectionArgumentPhilosophicalDefenseContemporaryAdmireAspirationSecularSoberCartoonElegantQuarrelsHumaneAnimatedStirringFormidableCaricaturesPhilipSoulfulExemplary Author:Leon Wieseltier
“Few know the joys that spring from a disinterested curiosity. It is like a cheerful spirit that leads us through worlds filled with what is true and fair, which we admire and love because it is true and fair.” KnowsWorldJoySpiritLove IsSpringFairsAnd LoveFilledCuriosityAdmireCheerfulDisinterestedAdmire And Love Book:Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion
“I like owls. I admire their intransigent spirit. I have respected them deeply ever since I met a baby owl in a wood, when it fell over dead, apparently from sheer temper, because I dared to approach it. It defied me first, and then died. I have never forgotten the horror and shame I experienced when that soft fluffy thing (towards which I had nothing but the most humanitarian motives) fell dead from rage at my feet.” FirstsSpiritFeetBabyMetsHorrorApproachDiedShameForgottenWoodsHumanitarianRageAdmireMotiveTemperSheerOwlFluffy Author:Vita Sackville-West
“Tell men that God is love; that right is right, and wrong, wrong; let them cease to admire philanthropy, and begin to love men; cease to pant for heaven, and begin to love God; then the spirit of liberty begins.” MenSpiritHeavenLibertyCeaseAdmireGod LovePreachingPhilanthropyGod Is Love Book:Sermons Preached at Brighton Source: Sermons Preached at Brighton