#con

The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is by music. ↗

— Jonathan Edwards

#best #concord #each #expressing #mind

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#adhere #controversies #define #definitions #ended

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#basis #been #demonstrated #fact #faith

But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#depend #failure #mind #neither #nor

As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#mortals #ourselves #ruled

Diaspora starts about a thousand years from now. Most of human civilisation has moved inside computers; essentially, a major branch of our descendants consists of conscious software. ↗

— Greg Egan

#branch #civilisation #computers #conscious #consists

Finally, I am encouraged to note that the Security Council issued a statement today expressing its concern about the massive humanitarian crisis in Darfur and calling on all parties to the conflict to protect civilians and reach a ceasefire. ↗

— Jan Egeland

#am #calling #ceasefire #civilians #concern

We have received credible reports that show a clear and consistent pattern: entire villages are looted, burned down and sometimes bombed. Large numbers of civilians have been killed and scores of women and children have been abducted, raped and tortured. ↗

— Jan Egeland

#bombed #burned #children #civilians #clear

Also, I need deadlines, just like everybody else, especially coming from magazines, newspapers, and stuff like that. I need daily or weekly deadlines to get stuff done, or I continue to do things and not go off on a year of unproductivity. ↗

— Dave Eggers

#coming #continue #daily #deadlines #done

All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations. ↗

— Billy Bragg

#great #height #made #music #political