Timothy Leary: Quote for September 20, 2010

Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are going in this ocean of chaos, it has been the authorities — the political, the religious, the educational authorities — who attempted to comfort us by giving us order, rules, regulations, informing — forming in our minds — their view of reality. To think for yourself you must question authority and learn how to put yourself in a state of vulnerable open-mindedness, chaotic, confused vulnerability to inform yourself.

-- Timothy Leary

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Susan Greenfield: Quote for September 19, 2010

Real conversation in real time may eventually give way to these sanitized and easier screen dialogues, in much the same way as killing, skinning and butchering an animal to eat has been replaced by the convenience of packages of meat on the supermarket shelf. Perhaps future generations will recoil with similar horror at the messiness, unpredictability and immediate personal involvement of a three-dimensional, real-time interaction.

-- Susan Greenfield

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Sarah Bernhardt: Quote for September 18, 2010

The monster of advertisement... is a sort of octopus with innumerable tentacles. It throws out to right and left, in front and behind, its clammy arms, and gathers in, through its thousand little suckers, all the gossip and slander and praise afloat, to spit out again at the public.

-- Sarah Bernhardt

Miss Bernhardt just described one of today's Social Networks.

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Werner Heisenberg: Quote for September 17, 2010

Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.

-- Werner Heisenberg

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Alexis de Tocqueville: Quote for September 16, 2010

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

-- Alexis de Tocqueville

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Paulo Freire: Quote for September 15, 2010

Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.

-- Paulo Freire

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Marcia Wieder: Quote for September 14, 2010

Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself. You may be surprised at how easily this happens. Your doubts are not as powerful as your desires, unless you make them so.

-- Marcia Wieder

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J. L. Mackie: Quote for September 13, 2010

God is omnipotent; God is wholly good; and yet evil exists. There seems to be some contradiction between these three propositions, so that if any two of them were true the third would be false. But at the same time all three are essential parts of most theological positions: the theologian it seems, at once must adhere and cannot consistently adhere to all three.

-- J. L. Mackie

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Peter McWilliams: Quote for September 12, 2010

Pain (any pain--emotional, physical, mental) has a message. The information it has about our life can be remarkably specific, but it usually falls into one of two categories: "We would be more alive if we did more of this," and, "Life would be more lovely if we did less of that." Once we get the pain's message, and follow its advice, the pain goes away.

-- Peter McWilliams

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Robert M. Bowman: Quote for September 11, 2010

Scholars and professionals with various kinds of expertise---including architects, engineers, firefighters, intelligence officers, lawyers, medical professionals, military officers, philosophers, religious leaders, physical scientists, and pilots---have spoken out about radical discrepancies between the official account of the 9/11 attacks and what they, as independent researchers, have learned.

They have established beyond any reasonable doubt that the official account of 9/11 is false and that, therefore, the official “investigations” have really been cover-up operations.

Thus far, however, there has been no response from political leaders in Washington or, for that matter, in other capitals around the world. Our organization, Political Leaders for 9/11 Truth, has been formed to help bring about such a response.

We believe that the truth about 9/11 needs to be exposed now---not in 50 years as a footnote in the history books---so the policies that have been based on the Bush-Cheney administration’s interpretation of the 9/11 attacks can be changed.

We are, therefore, calling for a new, independent investigation of 9/11 that takes account of evidence that has been documented by independent researchers but thus far ignored by governments and the mainstream media.

-- Robert M. Bowman

Doesn't it seem strange that so many professionals in all fields question the official account of the events of 9/11? When have so many highly credible individuals have ever questioned a conspiracy theory? Here are some links to see what some of these professionals have to say:

Patriots Question 911

Architects and Engineers for 911 truth

911 Truth Organization

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Erich Fromm: Quote for September 10, 2010

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.

-- Erich Fromm

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Quote for September 9, 2010

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm any hostility.

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Charles Kingsley: Quote for September 8, 2010

Thank God every morning when you get up, that you have something to do that day which must be done, whether you like it or not. Being forced to work and forced to do your best will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle never know.

-- Charles Kingsley

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Ted Nugent: Quote for September 7, 2010

There are hundreds of millions of gun owners in this country, and not one of them will have an accident today. The only misuse of guns comes in environments where there are drugs, alcohol, bad parents, and undisciplined children. Period.

-- Ted Nugent

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H. L. Mencken: Quote for September 6, 2010

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.

-- H. L. Mencken

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