41 Quotes About 1968

Politically, we are still stuck in the systems of thought of the Greek and Roman slave states, no matter how much we rant about "democracy.

The harder life is for a man when he is young, the easier it will be in the future.

Chelnov directed Rubin's attention to the geography of Moses' crossing. From the Nile to Jerusalem the Jews had at most 250 miles to go, and that meant that even if they rested on the Sabbath they could have easily covered the distance in three weeks. Wasn't it necessary therefore to assume that for the remaining forty years Moses did not simply lead them but misled them all over the Arabian desert?

That's why there's a devil—to judge the priests.

It is beyond any man's wisdom to judge the secret heart of another... for in it are good and evil mixed.

A lady doesn't insist on having her own way. Then, next thing you know, it all works out somehow, without one's even trying. I thought I'd never learn, though it's really quite easy once you get the knack.

It was clearly a prisoner's craftwork; that is, the most painstaking work in the world, for prisoners have nowhere to hurry to.

... skepticism can never provide firm ground under a man's feet. And perhaps, after all, we need firm ground.

... skepticism is a way of freeing the dogmatic mind, and that's where its value lies.