Meaning arises from loving life, not from goals or narratives.
Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?
P. S. If you do not receive this, of course it must have been miscarried; therefore I beg you to write and let me know.
Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud.
At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill.
Single misfortunes never come alone, and the greatest of all national calamities is generally followed by one greater.
Herodotus is not more indisputably the father of history than is Sir Boyle Roche the father of Bulls. No doubt there were makers of bulls before his day, even as brave men lived before Agamemnon; but they are not remembered, and if their bulls have survived them they are credited to Sir Boyle by a posterity generously forgiving and forgetful of his famous indictment.
Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better.
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
I'd like to rescue people in trouble, like Superman.
There is no doubt that the increasing numbers of women in the economy has helped fuel significant growth everywhere. And economies that are making the shift more effectively and rapidly are dramatically outperforming those that have not.