R.S. Thomas Quotes
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
Europe, and not England, is the parent country of America. This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe.
I fear not, I see not reason for fear. In the end we will be the victors. For though at times the flame of liberty may cease to shine, the ember will never expire.
Life is perfect for none of us. Rather than being judgmental and critical of each other, may we have the pure love of Christ for our fellow travelers in this journey through life.
We can lift ourselves, and others as well, when we refuse to remain in the realm of negative thought and cultivate within our hearts an attitude of gratitude.
Stupid people can cause problems, but it usually takes brilliant people to create a real catastrophe.
The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers. Unions are for unions, just as corporations are for corporations and politicians are for politicians.
If you have a right to respect, that means other people don't have a right to their own opinions.
Policies are judged by their consequences but crusades are judged by how good they make the crusaders feel.
One of the most important skills for political success is the ability to make confident assertions of absurdities or lies.
The desire to order other people around and make them conform to one own's vision takes many forms.
Any politician who starts shouting election-year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be asked, "What about the other 90 percent of the people?"
Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so universal and so efficacious as opium.
You are as prone to love as the sun is to shine; it being the most delightful and natural employment of the soul of humans.
Government has a habit of blaming the private sector for its own failings while taking credit for advances we in fact owe to the private sector.
Men may be spoiled by education, even as they are spoiled by illiteracy. Education is the preparation of the mind for future work, hence men should be educated with special reference to the work.
The greatest single achievement of nature to date was surely the invention of the molecule DNA.
People will always prefer black-and-white over shades of grey, and so there will always be the temptation to hold overly-simplified beliefs and to hold them with excessive confidence
A blaze of love and extinction, was better than a lantern glimmer of the same which should last long years.
It is in our genes to understand the universe if we can, to keep trying even if we cannot, and to be enchanted by the act of learning all the way.
When widely followed public figures feel free to say anything, without any fact-checking, it becomes impossible for a democracy to think intelligently about big issues.
The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.
The biggest and most deadly 'tax' rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits - food stamps, housing subsidies and the like - if their income goes up.
Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be alright.
Hopefully, imparting what's important to me, respect for the food and that information about the purveyors, people will realize that for a restaurant to be good, so many pieces have to come together.
As for gun control advocates, I have no hope whatever that any facts whatever will make the slightest dent in their thinking - or lack of thinking.
Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.
Speak not at all, in any wise, till you have somewhat to speak; care not for the reward of your speaking, but simply and with undivided mind for the truth of your speaking.
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.
A life that is without problems may literally be more hopeless, than one that always verges on despair.
Prayer is an expression of who we are...We are a living incompleteness. We are a gap, an emptiness that calls for fulfillment.
Love not only prefers the good of another to my own, but it does not even compare the two.
