“A still-born son os superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter like a blazing fire consumes his parents in grief for life.” FirstsLongStillsMomentsCausesParentBornGriefFireSonFoolishSuperiorsLatterLong LifeBlazing Author:Chanakya
“Science does not stand still, and neither does philosophy, although the latter has a tendency to walk in circles.” DoeStillsPhilosophyWalksCirclesTendenciesLatter Book:The Expanding Circle: Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress Source: The Expanding Circle: Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress
“The man whom philosophy leaves cold, and the man whom real faith does not illuminate, may be assured that the fault lies in them, not in knowledge and faith. The former is still an alien to philosophy, the latter an alien to faith.” MenMayDoeStillsRealPhilosophyLyingHe ManColdFaultsFormerAliensLatterAssured Book:The Logic of Hegel Source: The Logic of Hegel
“So here's a question from one who believed, only a week ago, that Baghdad might just collapse and that we might wake up one morning to find the Baathist militia and the Iraqi army gone and the Americans walking down Saadun Street with their rifles over their shoulders. If the Iraqis can still hold out against such overwhelming force in Umm Qasr for four days, if they can keep fighting in Basra and Nasiriyah – the latter a city that briefly rose in revolt against Saddam's regime in 1991 – why should Saddam's forces not keep fighting in Baghdad?” IfsShouldStillsMightFightingForceCitiesMorningGoneSuccessfulFourWeekStreetsWalkingArmyWake UpRoseShouldersLatterOverwhelmingCollapseSaddamRevoltRiflesBaghdadMilitiaOverwhelming Force Author:Robert Fisk