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"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference ....."
• 09/10/19 at 02:30PM •Elie Wiesel (1928 - 2016) - Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He spoke out against persecution and injustice across the world and authored many books including "Night". His full quote text is:
“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) Polish-born American. Rabbi, scholar, theologian and philosopher. He was active in the U.S Civil Rights Movement.
“The single raindrop never feels responsible for the flood.”
• 08/30/19 at 08:00AM •Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001) - English author, screenwriter, humorist and essayist. He was the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865)
"Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos"
• 08/19/19 at 02:45PM •Will Durant (1885 - 1981) was an American writer, philosopher and historian. He became best known for the work "The Story of Civilization", 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife, Ariel Durant.
Jorge Luis Borges (1899 – 1986) Argentine short-story writer, essayist and poet. He was a key figure in Spanish language and universal literature.
"A House Divided Against Itself cannot Stand"
• 07/30/19 at 09:25AM •Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865)
John Keats (1795 - 1821) English Romantic poet and one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantic poets. He published only fifty-four poems during his short life.
A Comment by MFish
Would, that I could
Write like thee.
“The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits”
• 06/19/19 at 11:30AM •Alexandre Dumas-fils (1824-1895) French author and playwright, best known for the romantic novel La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias), adapted into Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata (The fallen woman).
Pablo Casals (1876 - 1973) Cellist, composer, and conductor from Catalonia. Generally regarded as one of the greatest cellists of all time. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963.
Wangari Maathai (1940 - 2011) Renowned Kenyan social, environmental and political activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Prize. She founded The Green Belt Movement in 1977
French children’s book author Franck Prévot and illustrator Aurélia Fronty tell her remarkable story in Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees - You can learn more at Brain Pickings in Maria Popovas's article "Planting trees as resistance and empowerment"
Photo credit : The Green Belt Movement