Lynn

“Never force yourself to read a book that you do not enjoy. There are so many good books in the world that it is foolish to waste time on one that does not give you pleasure.”
― Atwood H. Townsend, Good Reading

“I argue that most of the moral development of the past several centuries has been the result of secular not religious forces, and that the most important of these that emerged from the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment are science and reason, terms that I use in the broadest sense to mean reasoning through a series of arguments and then confirming that the conclusions are true through empirical verification.”
― Michael Shermer, The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity Toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom

“In America, we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all point to an American declaration of interdependence.” —Cory Booker”
― Hourly History, Mayflower: A History From Beginning to End

“Why do people move? What makes them uproot and leave everything they`ve known for a great unknown beyond the horizon? Why climb this Mount Everest of formalities that makes you feel like a beggar? Why enter this jungle of foreignness where everything is new, strange and difficult? –The answer is the same the world over: people move in the hope of a better life.”
― Hourly History, Mayflower: A History From Beginning to End