Day 147c: Making civilization Civil …(September 23, 2019)
And I walked ever onward, stopping briefly at the local library in the town of Sweetwater, where I suddenly realized a simple truth – that no culture will ever become truly civil (much less civilized) until its libraries become grander and more numerous than its churches …
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect – and often reform … The most disturbing aspect of our current culture is that science is gathering information far faster than our society is gathering wisdom … Indeed, it is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a new thought fully without either accepting it blindly or rejecting it offhand … To this end let us all think well before we speak, and read well before we think.” ~ inspired by Mark Twain, Isaac Asimov, Aristotle & Fran Lebowitz
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world for myself. This morning I was wise, so I began changing myself instead. Now I am enlightened, and so I boldly task my newly formed Self to changing the world for all.” ~ inspired by Rumi
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