Van Morrison (1945) Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician
You Gotta Make It Through the World
Song lyrics, A Period of Transition (1977)
“The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.”
Vol. 1, letter 36.
Sir Charles Grandison (1753–1754)
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Robertson Davies (1913–1995) Canadian journalist, playwright, professor, critic, and novelist
Alchemy in the Theatre (1994).
Context: Great drama, drama that may reach the alchemical level, must have dimension and its relevance will take care of itself. Writing about AIDS rather than the cocktail set, or possibly the fairy kingdom, will not guarantee importance.... The old comment that all periods of time are at an equal distance from eternity says much, and pondering on it will lead to alchemical theatre while relevance becomes old hat.
Qin Gang (1966) politician
"Transcript: Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Qin Gang on Face the Nation" in CBS https://www.cbsnews.com/news/qin-gang-chinese-ambassador-face-the-nation-03-20-2022/ (20 March 2022)
“Truth disdains the aid of the law for its defence–it will stand upon its own merit.”
John Leland (Baptist) (1754–1841) American Baptist minister
The Rights of Conscience Inalienable (1791)
Context: Truth disdains the aid of the law for its defence–it will stand upon its own merit. … It is error, and error alone, that needs human support; and whenever men fly to the law or sword to protect their system of religion, and force it upon others, it is evident that they have something in their system that will not bear the light, and stand upon the basis of truth. (p. 185)
Giordano Bruno (1548–1600) Italian philosopher, mathematician and astronomer
Cause, Principle, and Unity (1584)
Sharon Salzberg (1952) American writer
Source: Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer
The Rambler, No. 150 (Sat 24 Aug 1751). http://www.yalejohnson.com/frontend/sda_viewer?n=106855 See also The Yale Book of Quotations, Samuel Johnson 3 (2006)
“One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.”
Orson Scott Card book Ender's Shadow
Source: Ender's Shadow
“A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.”
James Thurber (1894–1961) American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright
The New Yorker (2 August 1930)
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