The Clocktower Tolls: December 2011

Words of the Wise

Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. -Albert Einstein

You've got to rattle your cage door. You've got to let them know that you're there, and that you want out ... You may not win right away, but you'll sure have a lot more fun.-Florence Kennedy

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it.-Malcom X

The causes of my servitude can be traced to the tyranny of money.-Serj Tankian

An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind.-Gandhi

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.- Aristotle

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. -Albert Einstein

Energy and persistence conquer all things.-Benjamin Franklin

The mind is like a parachute, it only works if it's open- Tommy Dewar

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.-Abraham Lincoln

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.- Plato

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.-J.R.R. Tolkien
We can't afford to be neutral on a moving train.-Serj Tankian

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.-Sophocles

Feed my will to feel this moment, Urging me to cross the line, Reaching out to embrace the random, Reaching out to embrace whatever may come.-Tool

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.-Socrates

Truth is the only sword bleeding minds.-Serj Tankian

Thursday, December 8, 2011