Melanie Phillips (1951) British journalist
http://www.melaniephillips.com/articles/archives/001420.html
On his Operating Thetan Courses, in Flag Mission Order 375 (1970).
Melanie Phillips (1951) British journalist
http://www.melaniephillips.com/articles/archives/001420.html
Kenneth N. Waltz book Man, the State, and War
Source: Man, the State, and War (1959), Chapter IV, The Second Image, p. 98
Kevin Kelly (1952) American author and editor
Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World (1995), New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World (1999)
Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
“O! what a prodigal have I been of that most valuable of all possessions — Time!”
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628–1687) English statesman and poet
Last recorded words, as quoted in The Encyclopædia Britannica (1910)
“Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.”
Theophrastus (-371–-287 BC) ancient greek philosopher
Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book 5.
“time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi
Variant: Time is the most precious gift in our possession, for it is the most irrevocable.
Source: As quoted in LIFE magazine (22 April 1957), p. 152; also in Letters and Papers from Prison (1967), p. 47.
Context: Time is the most precious gift in our possession, for it is the most irrevocable. This is what makes it so disturbing to look back upon the time which we have lost. Time lost is time when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering. Time lost is time not filled, time left empty.
“Striving for social justice is the most valuable thing to do in life.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Misattributed <br class="br">Source: This appears to originate in April 2014 with an unsourced entry in picturequotes: http://www.picturequotes.com/striving-quotes <br><br><br>Ref: en.wikiquote.org - Albert Einstein / Misattributed