To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.
- Erich Fromm
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Modern man thinks he loses something; time; when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains; except kill it.
- Erich Fromm
In turn, incidentally, I've written a guest post for Oronte Churm.
Josh Claybourn has an interesting blog that I read now and then, but this morning he has an odd entry on the front page entitled "Libertarian Freedom: Self Destruction?".
Timothy Sandefur has tagged me to answer some questions about books. Here are my answers:
A few quotes back, this was attributed to Emily Dickinson. Was Erich quoting Emily?
I really like the quote, by the way...
What he said ^^