Thomas R. Donahue quotes

“The only effective answer to organized greed is organized labor.”
-- Thomas R. Donahue

Source : "When Unions are Strong, Americans Enjoy the Fruits of Their Labor" by David Morris, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 8, 2011.

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“Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.”

“The innocence of those who grind the faces of the poor, but refrain from pinching the bottoms of their neighbour's wives! The innocence of Ford, the innocence of Rockefeller! The nineteenth century was the Age of Innocence--that sort of innocence. With the result that we're now almost ready to say that a man is seldom more innocently employed than when making love.”

“I do not believe in God. It seems to me that theists of all kinds have very largely failed to make their concept of a deity intelligible; and to the extent that they have made it intelligible, they have given us no reason to think that anything answers to it.”

“The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap”

“Don't take 'no' for an answer.”

“How should they answer?”

“Poetry is unfallen speech. Paradise knew no other, for no other would suffice to answer the need of those ecstatic days of innocence.”

Source : Abraham Coles (1885). “The Life and Teachings of Our Lord in Verse: Being a Complete Harmonized Exposition of the Four Gospels, with Original Notes Textual Index, Etc. Two Volumes in One, Vol. 1 -- The Evangel (second Edition), Vol. 2 -- The Light of the World”

“It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?”

“We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.”

Source : "SQ : Connecting with Our Spiritual Intelligence". Book by Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall, 2000.

“Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.”