Karl Friedrich Bahrdt quotes

The freedom to share one's insights and judgments verbally or in writing is, just like the freedom to think, a holy and inalienable right of humanity that, as a universal human right, is above all the rights of princes.
-- Karl Friedrich Bahrdt

#Writing #Thinking #Rights

If the English language had been properly organized ... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis', which would save a lot of trouble.

I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.

When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.

Before one can walk as Christ walked, and talk as He talked, he must first begin to think as Christ thought.

The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn’t wishful thinking. It’s the rule.

I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.

We must surrender ourselves so utterly that we can never own ourselves again. We must hand over self and all its rights in an eternal covenant, and give God the absolute right to own us, control us and possess us forever.

The only possible basis for a sound morality is mutual tolerance and respect: tolerance of one another’s customs and opinions; respect for one another’s rights and feelings; awareness of one another’s needs.

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.

I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.