In thinking about the attacks in Paris and Beirut yesterday, two of my favorite quotes come to mind. I'm wishing that more of us could think beyond ourselves, beyond our petty resentments, beyond our fear of other, beyond our greed and lust for power over others, which kindles hatred, aggression, war, massacre and genocide.
I'm grieving for you, Paris and Beirut, and for so many others living in fear and subject to oppression, injustice, exploitation and hardship and murder, even within our own borders.
—Frank Borman, Apollo 8, December 1968
I'm grieving for you, Paris and Beirut, and for so many others living in fear and subject to oppression, injustice, exploitation and hardship and murder, even within our own borders.
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| Alex Churney, A Milky Way Shadow at Loch Ard Gorge |
How
vast those Orbs must be, and how inconsiderable this Earth, the Theatre
upon which all our mighty Designs, all our Navigations, and all our Wars
are transacted, is when compared to them. A very fit consideration, and
matter of Reflection, for those Kings and Princes who sacrifice the
Lives of so many People, only to flatter their Ambition in being Masters
of some pitiful corner of this small Spot.
—Christiaan Huygens, The Immense Distance Between the Sun and the Planets, 1698
—Christiaan Huygens, The Immense Distance Between the Sun and the Planets, 1698
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| People light candles in front of the French consulate in Montreal. Photo: AP |
When
you're finally up at the moon looking back on earth, all those
differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend, and
you're going to get a concept that maybe this really is one world and
why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent people.
—Frank Borman, Apollo 8, December 1968
Beautiful wise words and photos -- thank you.
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