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Great/inspirational quotes

"God will eliminate evil out of the universe when it has accomplished its Divine mission."

– Dr. William H. Walker (1840-1924)
 
"Never mentioned in the energy debate is human recyclability. In essence, crude oil is produced by the decomposition of plant and animal matter. Therefore, the more people there are, the more decaying corpses, fed on by plants, which become crude oil."

Winston Borden
 
This entire scene is hugely edifying, and if you haven't read it, I encourage you to. I've cut to the best parts.

This is Katherine, "the shrew", having been "tamed", brought into discipline by her husband, speaking to two women who have been behaving as she once did:

Katherina​

Fie, fie, unknit that threatening unkind brow,
And dart not scornful glances from those eyes
To wound thy lord, thy king, thy governor.
It blots thy beauty as frosts do bite the meads,
Confounds thy fame as whirlwinds shake fair buds,
And in no sense is meet or amiable.
A woman moved is like a fountain troubled —
Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty;
And while it is so, none so dry or thirsty
Will deign to sip or touch one drop of it.
Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper,
Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee,
And for thy maintenance commits his body
To painful labor both by sea and land,
To watch the night in storms, the day in cold,
Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe,
And craves no other tribute at thy hands
But love, fair looks, and true obedience —
Too little payment for so great a debt.
Such duty as the subject owes the prince,
Even such a woman oweth to her husband;
And when she is froward, peevish, sullen, sour,
And not obedient to his honest will,
What is she but a foul contending rebel,
And graceless traitor to her loving lord?
I am ashamed that women are so simple
To offer war where they should kneel for peace;
Or seek for rule, supremacy, and sway,
When they are bound to serve, love and obey.
Why are our bodies soft and weak and smooth,
Unapt to toil and trouble in the world,
But that our soft conditions and our hearts
Should well agree with our external parts?
Come, come, you froward and unable worms,
My mind hath been as big as one of yours,
My heart as great, my reason haply more
To bandy word for word and frown for frown.
But now I see our lances are but straws,
Our strength as weak, our weakness past compare,
That seeming to be most which we indeed least are.
Then vail your stomachs for it is no boot,
And place your hands below your husband's foot,
In token of which duty, if he please,
My hand is ready, may it do him ease.
 
NVIII said:
This entire scene is hugely edifying, and if you haven't read it, I encourage you to. I've cut to the best parts.

This is Katherine, "the shrew", having been "tamed", brought into discipline by her husband, speaking to two women who have been behaving as she once did:

Katherina​

Fie, fie, unknit that threatening unkind brow,
And dart not scornful glances from those eyes
To wound thy lord, thy king, thy governor.
It blots thy beauty as frosts do bite the meads,
Confounds thy fame as whirlwinds shake fair buds,
And in no sense is meet or amiable.
A woman moved is like a fountain troubled —
Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty;
And while it is so, none so dry or thirsty
Will deign to sip or touch one drop of it.
Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper,
Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee,
And for thy maintenance commits his body
To painful labor both by sea and land,
To watch the night in storms, the day in cold,
Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe,
And craves no other tribute at thy hands
But love, fair looks, and true obedience —
Too little payment for so great a debt.
Such duty as the subject owes the prince,
Even such a woman oweth to her husband;
And when she is froward, peevish, sullen, sour,
And not obedient to his honest will,
What is she but a foul contending rebel,
And graceless traitor to her loving lord?
I am ashamed that women are so simple
To offer war where they should kneel for peace;
Or seek for rule, supremacy, and sway,
When they are bound to serve, love and obey.
Why are our bodies soft and weak and smooth,
Unapt to toil and trouble in the world,
But that our soft conditions and our hearts
Should well agree with our external parts?
Come, come, you froward and unable worms,
My mind hath been as big as one of yours,
My heart as great, my reason haply more
To bandy word for word and frown for frown.
But now I see our lances are but straws,
Our strength as weak, our weakness past compare,
That seeming to be most which we indeed least are.
Then vail your stomachs for it is no boot,
And place your hands below your husband's foot,
In token of which duty, if he please,
My hand is ready, may it do him ease.
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@windblown and I had our first date at a performance of Taming of the Shrew. I have never ceased loving that play. I’m pretty fond of the woman too.
 
The Revolting Man said:
@windblown and I had our first date at a performance of Taming of the Shrew. I have never ceased loving that play. I’m pretty fond of the woman too.
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Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor also did a bang-up job in the film version.
 
“[The] biggest secret of self-esteem is this: Begin to appreciate other people more; show respect for any human being merely because he is a child of God and therefore a ‘thing of value.’ Stop and think when you’re dealing with people. You’re dealing with a unique, individual creation of the Creator of all. Practice treating other people as if they had some value – and surprisingly enough your own self-esteem will go up. For real self-esteem is not derived from the great things you’ve done, the things you own, the mark you’ve made – but an appreciation of yourself for what you are – a child of God. When you come to this realization, however, you must necessarily conclude that all other people are to be appreciated for the same reason.”

Maxwell Maltz, Psycho-Cybernetics, 1960
 
“The only victory love can enjoy is the day when its offer of love is answered by the return of love. The only possible final triumph is a universe loved by God and in love with God.”

William Barclay, A Spiritual Autobiography, 1977
 
“Most thinking is fathered by a wish and mothered by a fear.”

Fredrik H. Robison (1885-1932)
 
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“The unintended effects of social policy are usually both more important and less agreeable than the intended effects.”

Irving Kristol, On the Democratic Idea in America, 1972
 
Keith Martin said:
“The unintended effects of social policy are usually both more important and less agreeable than the intended effects.”
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This makes me think of Ireland right now where social policy has led to the native Irish being oppressed by their own government in favor of malignant Muslim colonists.

Their PM Leo Varadkar is heading down a very dangerous road right now. He wants to pass repressive censorship laws against anyone opposing government policy and he only has the tacit support of 19% of the people.

The rest of them are probably right now trying to remember where they buried their AK-47's.
 
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