You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. – George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950): Heartbreak House (Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from… More »
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Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally,… More »
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. – Martin Luther King， Jr. (1929 – 68) (Image by DWilliam from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Smile, though your heart is aching; / Smile, even though it’s breaking; / When there are clouds in the sky, you’ll get by. // If you smile through your fear and sorrow; / Smile and maybe tomorrow; / You’ll see… More »
Your happiness is determined by your relationships (with people) within about five-meter radius. If you want to be happy, make (the) people within a five-meter radius of you happy. – Soichi Noguchi [Noguchi Sōichi] (1965 – ): The Last Lecture… More »
There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. – Gilbert Keith Chesterton [G. K. Chesterton] (1874 – 1936): Heretics (Image by Marek from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound… More »
Time goes, you say?–ah no! // Ours is the eyes’ deceit / Of men whose flying feet / Lead through some landscape low; // We pass, and think we see / The earth’s fixed surface flee:– / Alas, Time stays,–we… More »
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind. – Bernard Mannes Baruch (1870 – 1965) (Image by Elisa from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the… More »
Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace. – Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013) (Image by penny zhang from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Keep your feet on the ground while you reach for the stars. – Gary Scott Fine: Basic English for Junior and Senior High School Students (NHK Radio 2) Broadcast on Friday, November 17, 2023 (Image by eommina from Pixabay) /… More »
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