Today Quotes
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Some men are born posthumously.Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichrist
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.Aristotle, unknown
You will make all kinds of mistakes but as long as you are generous and true and fierce you cannot hurt the world, or even seriously distress her.Winston Churchill
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.William Ernest Henley, From the poem "Invictus"
Religion is an illusion, and it derives its strength from its readiness to fit in with our instinctual wishful impulses.Sigmund Freud
I would rather think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to come together and make sense.Rabbi Harold Kushner
I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear ... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived.Rabbi Harold Kushner
Everything that God created is potentially holy, and our task as humans is to find that holiness in seemingly unholy situations. When we can do this, we will have learned to nurture our souls.Rabbi Harold Kushner
Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.Rabbi Harold Kushner
We are here to change the world with small acts of thoughtfulness done daily rather than with one great breakthrough.Rabbi Harold Kushner