The “Viking ideal; of a man who, in C.S. Lewis’s marvellous description, is ‘as stern to inflict as stubborn to endure.’”
Link Byfield in British Columbia Report December 20, 1993
“Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. The cure for this is first to show that religion is not contrary to reason, but worthy of reverence and respect. Next make it attractive, make good men wish it were true, and then show that it is.”
Pascal Pensées
“And who can tell, perhaps the purpose of man’s life on earth consists precisely in this uninterrupted striving after a goal. That is to say, the purpose is life itself and not the goal…”
Fyodor Dostoevsky “Notes from Underground” in Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man and selections from The House of the Dead
“He also acknowledged that his story had a movie-of-the-week quality to it. ‘The trouble is, I’m one of the actors,’ he said. ‘It’s my life.’”
Some guy who had suffered a most peculiar and devastating misfortune, in Maclean’s August 2, 1993
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing; that’s why it’s recommended daily.”
Zig Ziglar, emailed by a friend and confirmed online e.g. at https://due.com/blog/zig-ziglar-motivation-and-baths-recommended-daily/
“I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking. But I strongly object when they start shaking them to make sure they are still going.”
“William Norman Birkett (1883-1962), British lawyer” quoted in Cy Charney The Salesperson’s Handbook
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
E.B. White, emailed by a friend and confirmed online by e.g. https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/e_b_white_106410
In my latest Epoch Times column I explain why we talk a lot less about free speech than we used to, and a lot less convincingly.