Quotes for the end of 2015

To think about ponder and wonder:

“If your heart is full of fear, you won't seek truth; you'll seek security.  If a heart is full of love, it will have a limbering effect on the mind.”  ~~ William Sloane Coffin, Jr.

  

"Socialism never took root in America because the poor there see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
  -- John Steinbeck

"You confuse the 'war on religion' with 'not getting everything you want.'" 

  -- Jon Stuart, on "The Daily Show"

"Fundamentalism is to Christianity as paint by numbers is to art." 

   --(author not know by me but I wish I could claim it!)

"People who want to share their religious views with you, almost never want you to share yours with them." --Dave Barry

"Suppose you were an idiot, and then suppose you were a member of congress. But, I repeat myself."    -- Mark Twain

"History prefers legends to men

history prefers notability to brutality,

soaring speeches to quiet deeds,

history remembers the battle and forgets the blood" 

  --  from "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer" by Seth Grahame-Smith

  (certainly an odd story & movie but this is makes a good point)

“Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and perhaps the most dangerous thing for a society to be without.” ~~ William Sloane Coffin, Jr.