Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.

On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.

I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Friday, January 4, 2008

SECURITY

My son, if you have put up Security for your neighbor,
you have struck hands in pledge for another, ……Proverbs 6:1

There is no Security on this earth;
There is only opportunity. ……. Gen. Douglas McArthur

Too many people are thinking of Security instead of opportunity;
They seem to be more afraid of Life than of death. ……..James F. Byrnes

Security is a kind of death ……Tennessee Williams

Security is mostly superstitious, it does not exist in nature.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. …….Helen Keller

Better be despised for too anxious apprehension,
Than ruined by too confident Security. …….Edmund Burke

They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security,
deserve neither liberty or security. …….Benjamin Franklin

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic Security and Independence.
…..Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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