Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
Source: 1850s, Attack upon Christendom (1855), p. 97
Syria: Church perseveres in spite of war https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2020-02/syria-church-damascus-bishop-migration-christians-bari.html (20 February 2020)
Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
Source: 1850s, Attack upon Christendom (1855), p. 97
“There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life.”
Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica
Jean Vanier (1928–2019) Canadian humanitarian
Jean Vanier, From Brokenness to Community, 1992, pp 35-36
From books
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
2011, Remarks on death of Osama bin Laden (May 2011)
Context: On September 11, 2001, in our time of grief, the American people came together. We offered our neighbors a hand, and we offered the wounded our blood. We reaffirmed our ties to each other, and our love of community and country. On that day, no matter where we came from, what God we prayed to, or what race or ethnicity we were, we were united as one American family.
We were also united in our resolve to protect our nation and to bring those who committed this vicious attack to justice. We quickly learned that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by al Qaeda — an organization headed by Osama bin Laden, which had openly declared war on the United States and was committed to killing innocents in our country and around the globe. And so we went to war against al Qaeda to protect our citizens, our friends, and our allies.
Jeff Bezos (1964) American entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, Inc.
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Barbra Streisand (1942) American singer, actress, writer, film producer, and director
Playboy interview (1977), as quoted in No Glass Slipper : Surviving and Conquering Painful Life Experiences (2006), p. 32
Context: To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do — bad or good.
Richard Stallman (1953) American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
1990s, Why "Free Software" is better than "Open Source" (1998)
Context: We are not against the Open Source movement, but we don't want to be lumped in with them. We acknowledge that they have contributed to our community, but we created this community, and we want people to know this. We want people to associate our achievements with our values and our philosophy, not with theirs. We want to be heard, not obscured behind a group with different views. To prevent people from thinking we are part of them, we take pains to avoid using the word "open" to describe free software, or its contrary, "closed", in talking about non-free software.
Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica
Source: The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
“Our current financial situation means that if we want to buy, we have to spend.”
Kevin Keegan (1951) English footballer
Collection of Kevin Keegan quotes http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Kevin-Keegan-quotes-and-football-wisdom-article42209.html
Bo Xilai (1949) former Politburo member of the Communist Party of China
Source: Excerpts of letter to his first wife (14 July 1975)