#we

The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#citizen #discipline #feel #first #formed

There is a spell in mediaeval Art which has had power to bewitch some people into trying, or wishing to try, or fancying that they wish to try or making believe to fancy that they wish to try, to bring back the Middle Ages. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#art #back #believe #bring #fancy

Who can doubt that between the English and the French, between the Scotch and the Irish, there are differences of character which have profoundly affected and still affect the course of history? ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#affected #between #character #course #differences

I have concluded that the U.N. can do a few things well. ↗

— Gordon Smith

#few #few things #i #things #well

The most powerful moral influence is example. ↗

— Huston Smith

#influence #moral #most #most powerful #powerful

I grew up taking it for granted that missionaries were what American boys grew up to be. ↗

— Huston Smith

#granted #grew #i #missionaries #taking

For people to be able to sit down together and have a conversation, that's the power of love. ↗

— Jada Pinkett Smith

#conversation #down #love #people #power

So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on justice as well, have historically evolved as religious issues. ↗

— Huston Smith

#back #concern #emphasis #evolved #face-to-face

Walnuts have a shell, and they have a kernel. Religions are the same. They have an essence, but then they have a protective coating. This is not the only way to put it. But it's my way. So the kernels are the same. However, the shells are different. ↗

— Huston Smith

#essence #however #kernel #only #protective

After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#complex #current #piecemeal #reform #system