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He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lakeside, He came to those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us the same words: "Follow thou me!" and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfill for our time. He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings which they shall pass through in His fellowship, and, as an ineffable mystery, they shall learn in their own experience Who He is. Albert Schweitzer
The refusal to take sides on great moral issues is itself a decision. It is a silent acquiescence to evil. The Tragedy of our time is that those who still believe in honesty lack fire and conviction, while those who believe in dishonesty are full of passionate conviction. Fulton J. Sheen
The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has—from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness. Christopher Hitchens
Montaigne said long ago: "Were I not to follow the straight road for its straightness, I should follow it for having found by experience that in the end it is commonly the happiest and most useful track." The doctrine of interest rightly understood is not then new, but among the Americans of our time it finds universal acceptance; it has become popular there; you may trace it at the bottom of all their actions, you will remark it in all they say. Alexis de Tocqueville
One of the great fallacies of our time is that the Nazis rose to power because they imposed order on chaos. Precisely the opposite is true - they were successful because they imposed chaos on order. They tore up the commandments, they denied the super-ego, what you will. They said, "You may persecute the minority, you may kill, you may torture, you may couple and breed without love." They offered humanity all its great temptations. Nothing is true, everything is permitted. John Fowles
John Stuart Mill quote: "that so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of..."
that so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of our time John Stuart Mill
Rick Warren quote: "Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink..."
Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye... Rick Warren
Michel de Montaigne quote: "In our time the most warlike nations are the most rude and..."
In our time the most warlike nations are the most rude and ignorant. Michel de Montaigne
Guillermo del Toro quote: "video games are the comic books of our time... It's a medium..."
video games are the comic books of our time... It's a medium that gains no respect among the intelligentsia". Guillermo del Toro
David Brin quote: "Change is the very fabric of our time."
Change is the very fabric of our time. David Brin
just because of its promise of unlimited possibilities technology is an empty form like the most formalistic logic and is unable to determine the content of life. that is why our time, being the most intensely technical, is also the emptiest in all human history. Jose Ortega y Gasset
In this nonfundamentalist understanding of faith, practice is more important than theory, love more important than law, and mystery is seen as an insight into truth rather than an obstacle. It is the great lie of our time that all religious faith has to be fundamentalist to be valid. Andrew Sullivan
I thought Lord of the Flies was one of the great rip-offs of our time. Complete steal from A High Wind In Jamaica. He just literally lifted the entire theme, plot, and virtually characterization from A High Wind In Jamaica, turned them into a bunch of small boys and placed it on an island. Otherwise it's precisely the same novel. Truman Capote
Edward Abbey quote: "The gross evil of our time defies all labels."
The gross evil of our time defies all labels. Edward Abbey
The idea that literary theorists killed poetry dead because with their shrivelled hearts and swollen brains they are incapable of spotting a metaphor, let alone a tender feeling, is on of the more obtuse critical platitudes of our time. Terry Eagleton

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