#ration

Unless a person can give reasons, there is, literally, no reason why anyone else should take that person seriously. But without reasons, all we are left with is emotional blackmail. We sometimes call it 'moral blackmail,' but it has nothing to do with morals, only with the implied juvenile threat of having a tantrum unless everyone else gives in. ↗

— N.T. Wright

#church #discipleship #inspirational #religion #theology

In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep. ↗

— Robert Herrick

#kings #moderation #ought #shear #sheep

We need a day of the dead. That's a perfect celebration. ↗

— Kristin Hersh

#day #dead #need #perfect

But, I know enough people in that court, through the years, to know one thing: There's always somebody who surprises you, who rises above what they thought they appointed him for, and stays with the separation of powers, and with the right of the law to decide. ↗

— Arthur Hertzberg

#always #appointed #court #decide #enough

The Next Generation Space Telescope, which will be located much further away from the Earth than the Hubble Space Telescope presently is, will also explore the infrared part of the spectrum. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

#away #earth #explore #further #generation

It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this. ↗

— Alexander Herzen

#blind #direct #drive #entire #entire generation

Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the economy of the universe for which the life of generations, peoples, of entire planets, has no importance in relation to the general development. ↗

— Alexander Herzen

#development #economy #entire #general #generations

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#doubt #knowledge #rather #root #than

It must be born in mind that one does not see directly - as is the case in the exploration of the surface of the brain - where the electrodes are attacking. ↗

— Walter Rudolf Hess

#born #brain #case #directly #does

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. ↗

— Herman Hesse

#breathing #capacity #every #feeling #life