#gene

Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#science #science

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#fashion #generation #fashion

Distracted from distraction by distraction ↗

— T.S. Eliot

#internet #social-media #internet

There are always exceptions to every generalization. [A Christian Epilogue] ↗

— John B. Cobb Jr.

#generalizations #r-alan-woods #r-alan-woods

Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone's day. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#generosity #giving #good-deeds #helping #kindness

There are many men in London, you know, who, some from shyness, some from misanthropy, have no wish for the company of their fellows. Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest periodicals. It is for the convenience of these that the Diogenes Club was started, and it now contains the most unsociable and unclubbable men in town. No member is permitted to take the least notice of any other one. Save in the Stranger's Room, no talking is, under any circumstances, allowed, and three offenses, if brought to the notice of the committee, render the talker liable to expulsion. My brother was one of the founders, and I have myself found it a very soothing atmosphere. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#comfort #diogenes-club #misanthropy #mycroft-holmes #quietness

In essence I find that the foundation of modern conservatism is driven by a clinging to God in fear of the world, whereas the foundation of modern liberalism is a clinging to the world in fear of God; albeit, the true foundation should be one's clinging to God in fear of God. ↗

— Criss Jami

#belief #clinging #conservatism #conservative #essence

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people. ↗

— John Adams

#cannot #general #general knowledge #knowledge #liberty

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#delivered #down #generation #genius #great

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#confined #few #generation #lies #men