20 Apr 2015

A quotation from a letter by Church of England bishops concerning the forthcoming election:

“The purpose of education is not simply to prepare people to be economic units but to nurture their ability to flourish as themselves and to seek the flourishing of others.”

“Who is my neighbour?” paragraph 85 (www.churchofengland.org/GeneralElection2015)

23 Mar 2015

Last week’s Thought drew a response quoting from Rachel Carson’s book “Silent Spring”, published in 1962. Rachel, a marine biologist, advanced the environmental movement with this book. Here is an earlier quotation by her:

“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us the less taste we shall have for the destruction of our race. Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions, and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction.”

Rachel Carson (1907-1964; John Burroughs Medal acceptance speech, 1952)