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Today we live in the midst of upheaval and crisis. We do not know where we are going, nor even where we ought to be going. This excelent quote was said by Abraham Pais, a Dutch-borned American physicist

Today we live in the midst of upheaval and crisis. We do not know where we are going, nor even where we ought to be going. Awareness is spreading that our future cannot be a straight extension of the past

Real democracy NOW! We are not a commodity lying in the hands of politicians and bankers. Quote by the movement of the indignados or Movimiento 15M, a series of pacific protests in Spain in order to promote

Out of the dark we came, into the dark we go. Like a storm-driven bird at night we fly out of the Nowhere; for a moment our wings are seen in the light of the fire, and, lo! we are gone again into the

For a while, I thought of myself as an atheist until I realized it was a belief, too. It's a shame everything has to have a label. I feel that if I was figuratively dropped on the Earth and there was a

We human beings are what we have been for millions of years, colossally greedy, envious, aggressive, jealous, anxious and despairing, with occasional flashes of joy and affection. We are a strange mixture

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. Quote by Friedrich Hayek, Austrian, later British, economist and philosopher,

The more exquisite any good is, of which a small specimen is afforded us, the sharper is the evil, allied to it; and few exceptions are found to this uniform law of nature. The most sprightly wit borders

The secret of liberty is to enlighten men, as that of tyranny is to keep them in ignorance. Quote by Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre, named Maximilien Robespierre, one of the leaders of

I was brought up to believe that there is no virtue in conforming meekly to the dominant opinion of the moment. I was encouraged to believe that simple conformity results in stagnation for a society, and

This is the school, isn't it. The magic place? The world. Here. And you don't realize it until you look. Do you know the pictsies think this world is heaven? We just don't look. Quote by Terry Pratchett

Again counting sheeps before sleep, in a strange country, far from home. I said Do it now! and I did it. I wish myself good luck. Images under Public Domain by Steemit

And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: For I say unto you, I will not

The objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along. Quote by the american lawyer

As angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep. Quote by Henry Vaughan, welsh metaphysical poet, author,

The church of Notre-Dame de Paris is still no doubt, a majestic and sublime edifice. But, beautiful as it has been preserved in growing old, it is difficult not to sigh, not to wax indignant, before the

The return of Games of thrones makes me happy and I'm very nervous. Tonight is a special night, this is the last minutes before to see how continues the best TV serie ever. Images under Public Domain by

Everywhere in the world people were expecting the latter coming of one or another kickshaw messiah who would remove the discomforts which they themselves were either too lazy or too incompetent to deal

Jokes can be noble. Laughs are exactly as honorable as tears. Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion, to the futility of thinking and striving anymore. I myself prefer to laugh,

My life is like a bad sitcom: Many laughs and some of drama. But I don't enjoy that situations. Leave me alone with my fake felicity. Images under Public Domain by Steemit