#thou

I'm predicting that we'll finally have a computer will search my e-mail automatically and delete every message that begins with 'thought you'd be interested,' and then give an electrical shock to the sender to remind him or her to stop send that kind of message. ↗

— Scott Adams

#begins #computer #delete #e-mail #electrical

The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#amidst #away #crush #dim #elements

FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest might be employed to advantage for purposes affecting the general good. ↗

— Felix Adler

#affecting #been #community #conviction #day

Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient stimulus to be creative. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#could #creative #death #discourage #ever

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#benevolent #generous #love #selfless #sense

Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#even #future #knowing #modern #our

Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#based #consists #due #exchange #fair

Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own means. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#break #coercion #dialectic #logic #means

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#demonstrations #equal #eternal #hairs #heart

Thousands across America are glued to their web cast to hear this. And actually, I've never met one human being who said that they had seen one of those. ↗

— Spencer Abraham

#actually #america #being #cast #glued