Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Quote of the day

"You just want cruelty to beget cruelty. You're not superior to people who were cruel to you. You're just a whole bunch of new cruel people. A whole bunch of new cruel people, being cruel to some other people, who'll end up being cruel to you. The only way anyone can live in peace is if they're prepared to forgive. Why don't you break the cycle?" - Doctor Who, "The Zygon Inversion"

Monday, September 12, 2016

Quote of the day

"There are plenty of good reasons for fighting ... but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too. Where's evil? It's that large part of every man that wants to hate without limit, that wants to hate with God on its side." - Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

via Unstuck in Time: A Journey Through Kurt Vonnegut's Life and Novels by Gregory Sumner

Friday, September 02, 2016

Quote of the day

"Humanism in the modern sense of the term is the view that whatever your ethical system, it derives from your best understanding of human nature and the human condition in the real world." - AC Grayling, Against All Gods: Six Polemics on Religion and an Essay on Kindness

Most recent discount book buy

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (hc) by Lawrence Wright for $1.00.