Showing posts with label freedom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label freedom. Show all posts

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Mountains to Stones to Dust



"With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope." - Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior, from "I have a dream" speech delivered 28 August 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Picasso

"I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country." - George Washington, General - Continental Army, January 1778, Valley Forge, PA in a leeter to Congress

"There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it." - Oscar Wilde

"Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water." - Zen koan

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein

"Chance favors the prepared mind." - Louis Pasteur

"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom."-- Albert Einstein

"Drive thy business or it will drive thee." - Benjamin Franklin