Generational Themes Quotes

#1. Jesus lived and died in vain if He did not teach us to regulate the whole of life by the eternal law of love. Gandhi, quoted in Merton, p. 38

Thomas Merton

#2. There are over seven billion people on this planet. It's fiction that there's only one out there for each of us. I'm thinking at least ten thousand, probably more, of them could be perfect for you - and would love you just as you are. You only have to connect with one of them. How

Michelle Martin Dobbins

#3. There are many of these apparent philosophical paradoxes or contradictions which don't concern me anymore.

Evan Parker

#4. The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.

John Maynard Keynes

#5. Anyone who spends a significant amount of time with me finds me disagreeable.

Morgan Freeman

#6. Although we can talk about an Indonesian democracy, or we can talk about democratic elections and democratic rituals - the trappings of democracy - we can't genuinely talk about democracy in Indonesia because there is not rule of law, and democracy without rule of law is a nonsense.

Joshua Oppenheimer

#7. The only slogan we need in order to be happy in our home is: Love Each Other -three simple words. Apply the ingredients of love. Sacrifice for each other. Make each other happy.

Nathan Eldon Tanner

#8. I'm a bit of a Luddite, really: I don't use email much, as I started drowning in it. So I said 'screw this' and dumped my laptop, though I've begun to re-engage with it.

Charles Hazlewood

#9. I was never really happy until I became 'Doctor Who'.

Tom Baker