Today is the birthday of the following people:
Jane Addams (1860 – 1935):
“The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.”
and
“True peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the presence of justice.”
and
“Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.”
Frances Wright (1795 – 1852):
“I am not going to question
your opinions. I am not going to meddle with your belief. I am not going to
dictate to you mine. All that I say is, examine; enquire. Look into the nature
of things.”
Catharine Beecher (1800 –
1878):
“The great want of our race is
perfect educators to train new-born minds, who are infallible teachers of what
is right and true.”
Robert Pirsig (1928 – ):
“Peace of mind produces right
values, right values produce right thoughts. Right thoughts produce right
actions and right actions produce work which will be a material reflection for
others to see of the serenity at the center of it all.”
China Miéville (1972 - ):
“A trap is only a trap if you
don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge.”
and
“Dismissing fantasy writing
because some of it is bad is exactly like saying I'm not reading Jane Eyre
because it is a romance and I know romance is crap.”
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