January 08, 2013

To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West -- know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.  To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist. ~ Barack Obama

April 08, 2012

Freedom is the very essence of life, the impelling force in all intellectual and social development, the creator of every new outlook for the future of mankind.  The liberation of man from economic exploitation and from intellectual and political oppression, which finds its finest expression in the world-philosophy of Anarchism, is the first prerequisite for the evolution of a higher social culture and a new humanity. ~ Rudolf Rocker

February 06, 2011

Are you under the delusion that life and history are about justice and that societies, through some divine intercession, pay for their past atrocities?  Throughout human history, no "divine" agency has ever interfered with the infliction of suffering by one culture onto another... not once.  Good never triumphs over evil, it exists in spite of it. ~ Jack Kilmon

November 16, 2010

A magazine is not a mirror.  Have you ever seen anyone in a magazine who seemed even vaguely like you looking back? (If you have, turn the page.)  Most magazines are made to sell us a fantasy of what we're supposed to be.  They reflect what society deems to be a standard, however unrealistic or unattainable that standard is. That doesn't mean you should cancel your subscription.  It means you need to remember that its just ink on paper.  And that whatever standards you set for yourself, for how much you want to weigh, for how hard you work out, or how many times you make it to the gym, should be your standards.  Not someone else's. ~ Unknown

October 08, 2010

The presence of evil is a destructive influence in man and a cause of social disintegration.  Man cannot save himself or truly be free unless he recognizes the evil within himself. ~ William Golding

July 11, 2010

Civilized society, especially in its records, is fundamentally dependent on the use of paper. -- Pliny (from "Natural History")