#ono

Her life had been too safe to need courage, and too easy to develop resolve. ↗

— Stephen T. Harper

#fantastic-prose #just-plain-wow-writing #courage

We're starting our own religion at last. The Order of Frisbeetarians. We believe that when you die, your soul ascends to a rooftop and you can never get it back. ↗

— Bono

#frisbee #religion #religion

Saying that you are moral because you believe in a god is like saying you are an economist because you play monopoly. ↗

— Robert W. Cox

#economics #god #monopoly #morality #religion

Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don't think you can, hold on. ↗

— James Frey

#honor #strength #strength

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of -- for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. ↗

— Socrates

#integrity #reputation #respect #respect

Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#christianity #discipleship #honor #humility #respect

...what is sacred is the other person -we forget that sometimes - and fail to honor who they are ... ↗

— John Geddes

#persons #respect #sacred #wise-words #respect

Philosophy [nature] is written in that great book which ever is before our eyes -- I mean the universe -- but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols in which it is written. The book is written in mathematical language, and the symbols are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without whose help it is impossible to comprehend a single word of it; without which one wanders in vain through a dark labyrinth. ↗

— Galileo Galilei

#cosmology #geometry #math #nature #science

It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance. ↗

— Murray N. Rothbard

#science

The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space. ↗

— George Gordon Byron

#cosmology #eschatology #physics #science #stars