“Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning – an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.”
“Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory, country music does.”
Johnny Cash
And try as I might, I couldn’t narrow it down to one for his birth date today. So here’s a mix with clips of a bunch. 🙂
“My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.”
“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.”
Today we try something different. I give you the line, you tell me what it’s from. And no Google. The Honor System is in effect. 🙂
OK, since nobody has gotten it yet, I’ll give a few hints.It’s a song, and I’ll add the line before it as well.“But I must go into the world and do noble things for the good of all.”“And you can’t come because you don’t speak French.”If it’s guessed, just let us know if you knew the answer. 🙂
Quotes of the Day (What can I say, there’s just too many to choose from.)
“Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”
“Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples’ liberty’s teeth.”
“It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.”