Sunday, August 10, 2014

Mastery and power have only belonged to pseudo-Christianity.

"The historical tragedy is that genuine Christianity can, apparently, never obtain complete mastery and power in this world.  Mastery and power have only belonged to pseudo-Christianity.  The world turns away from integral Christianity." 

Nicolas Berdyaev.  The Russian Revolution.  University of Michigan Press.  1961.  90.

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Education and Coercion


"It may be asked where the number of superior leaders are to come from who are to act as educators, and it may be alarming to think of the enormous amount of coercion that will inevitably be required before these intentions can be carried out."  Sigmund Freud, The Future of an Illusion (1927; Norton, 1961), p. 8.

knowledge and insights are rare and precious

“Capital is always available under capitalism, but knowledge and insights are rare and precious under any economic system.”Thomas Sowell, Basic Economics (Basic Books, 2007), p. 548.

The Question

"Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer."Brian Greene.  The Elegant Universe.  NY.  Norton.  1999.  365.