The Christian Armenian story was the Polish Jewish story. The efforts of the Armenians to stay alive in Musa Dagh chimed with those struggling to survive the ghetto.Howard Jacobson
It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.Bertrand Russell
It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals.Bertrand Russell
When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.Jean-Jacques Rousseau
To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.Peter Drucker
Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity.Hannah Arendt