People don't very much like things that are beautiful. . they are so far from their nasty little minds.
The sum total of all sums total is eternal.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
Truths kindle light for truths.
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.
For as children tremble and fear everything in the blind darkness, so we in the light sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things children in the dark hold in terror and imagine will come true. This terror therefore and darkness of mind must be dispelled not by the rays of the sun and glittering shafts of day, but by the aspect and law of nature.
. . . Nature allows Destruction nor collapse of aught, until Some outward force may shatter by a blow, Or inward craft, entering its hollow cells, Dissolve it down.
What's wrong with leading the way? We've played that role before, after all. We gave the world the secret ballot. . . that did so much to raise living standards and improve conditions for workers worldwide. We were a leader in extending to women the right to vote. We were barely a nation when we set the bar for bravery and sacrifice by common soldiers in foreign wars. We grew up out of racism and misogyny and homophobia to become a mostly tolerant, successful multicultural society. We did these great things because we know we are in it together. It is our core value as Australians.
A man of talent will strive for money and reputation; but the spring that moves genius to the production of its works is not as easy to name
If you're betwixt and between, trust the one with red hair.
What does nonalignment mean? It means we don't belong to any military bloc and that we reserve the right to be friends with any country, independently of the influence of any country. All this has remained unchanged after the signing of the Indo-Soviet treaty, and others can say or think what they like - our policy won't change because of the Soviet Union.