Saturday 9 May 2009

Modern Times and Man

A man that values privileges above principles soon loses both. * Dwight D Eisenhower

Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favour. * Robert Frost

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
* J Krishnamurti

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.
* Thomas Szasz

3 comments:

Karuna Kant Pandey said...

'Modern' and 'Man' both words start with a nasal consonant. The former is disyllabic and latter monosyllabic; obviously the former will prove to be stronger than the latter.Consequently man will be the victim of 'modern' because it is tied with time whereas 'man'is a straw in the flow of time river.
Thanks ! That you spare your time for these subtle philosophy gives pleasure to me, and a platform to think in general.
KKPandey
Indore

K K Pandey Indore said...

'Modern' and 'Man' both words start with a nasal consonant. The former is disyllabic and latter monosyllabic; obviously the former will prove to be stronger than the latter.Consequently man will be the victim of 'modern' because it is tied with time where 'man'is a straw in the flow of time river.
Thanks ! That you spare your time for these subtle philosophy gives pleasure to me, and a platform to think in general.
KKPandey
Indore

inteha_f7 said...

I would like to add here that whatever is current is modern and through the ages man has always considered himself as modern and his past as primitive.
You have put up a nice collections of sayings here........ Keep it up Sir