Balthasars Quotes & Sayings

Deflation and secular stagnation are the risks of our time. — Lawrence Summers

For while religion prescribes brotherly love in the relations among the individuals and groups, the actual spectacle more resembles a battlefield than an orchestra. Everywhere, in economic as well as in political life, the guiding principle is one of ruthless striving for success at the expense of one's fellow. men. This competitive spirit prevails even in school and, destroying all feelings of human fraternity and cooperation, conceives of achievement not as derived from the love for productive and thoughtful work, but as springing from personal ambition and fear of rejection. — Albert Einstein

Men must learn now with pity to dispense;
For policy sits above conscience. — William Shakespeare

I don't know about black or white magic I just know one type and that is your magic. — M.F. Moonzajer

My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water. — Mark Twain

The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need. — Anne Sullivan

Nothing convinces persons of a weak understanding so effectually, as what they do not comprehend. — Lord Chesterfield

When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black. I don't want them to see that my face is white. I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless. — Marian Anderson