„The age of ignorance commenced with the Christian system.“
— Thomas Paine English and American political activist 1737 - 1809
1790s, The Age of Reason, Part I (1794), Chapter XII
„Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.“
— Amelia Earhart, 20 Hrs., 40 Min. https://archive.org/details/20hours40min00amel [borrowable] (1928), p. 180
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„I fly from pleasure," said the prince, "because pleasure has ceased to please; I am lonely because I am miserable, and am unwilling to cloud with my presence the happiness of others.“
— Samuel Johnson English writer 1709 - 1784
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759), Chapter 3
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„But what I'd like to know,
Is could a place like this
Exist so beautiful?
Or do we have to find our wings and fly away
To the visions in our mind?“
— Stevie Wonder American musician 1950
Song lyrics, Innervisions (1973), Visions
„This age above all ages is a period in history when it should be our prime duty to preach the Gospel of Grace to all our fellow men and women.“
— Haile Selassie Emperor of Ethiopia 1892 - 1975
Context: This age above all ages is a period in history when it should be our prime duty to preach the Gospel of Grace to all our fellow men and women. The love shown in Christ by our God to mankind should constrain all of us who are followers and disciples of Christ to do all in our power to see to it that the Message of Salvation is carried to those of our fellows for whom Christ Our Saviour was sacrificed but who have not had the benefit of hearing the good news. Since nobody can interfere in the realm of God we should tolerate and live side by side with those of other faiths.
Address to the World Evangelical Congress in Berlin (28 October 1966).
„What a period. What an age to have been alive in. Oh thank God I was born when I was.“
— Margery Allingham English writer of detective fiction 1904 - 1966
The Oaken Heart, The Oaken Heart - the story of an English Village - Michael Joseph 1941 ISBN 095108562X
„The nobler orders of being, including man himself, were contemplated from the first, and came into existence by virtue of a law, the operation of which had commenced ages before their forms were realized.“
— Robert Chambers (publisher, born 1802) Scottish publisher and writer 1802 - 1871
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (1844), p. 250
„Today, I went to sleep under a plum tree. There, I dreamed I was a butterfly, flying so pleasently. Then, I fell asleep, and the dream ended. Now- I have to ask myself - am I Zhuang Zi who dreamed of a butterfly? Or am I that butterfly, dreaming I am Zhuang Zi?“
— Zhuangzi classic Chinese philosopher -369 - -286 a.C.
„It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon our interests.“
— Terence Roman comic playwright -185 - -159 a.C.
Adelphoe (The Brothers), Act V, scene 8, line 30 (953).
„My name is Odd Thomas, though in this age when fame is the altar at which most people worship, I am not sure why you should care who I am or that I exist.“
— Dean Koontz American author 1945
Odd Thomas (2003), Chapter 1; Odd Thomas's introduction
„I remember an old proverb. It says that youth thinks itself wise just as drunk men think themselves sober. Youth is not wise! Youth knows nothing about life! Youth knows nothing about anything except for massive cliches which for the most part through the media of pop songs are just foisted on them by middle-age entrepreneurs and exploiters who should know better. When we start thinking that pop music is close to God, then we'll think pop music is aesthetically better than it is. And it's only the aesthetic value of pop music that we're really concerned. I mean the only way we can judge Wagner or Beethoven or any other composer is aesthetically. We don't regard Wagner or Beethoven nor Shakespeare or Milton as great teachers. When we start claiming for Lennon or McCartney or Maharishi or any other of these pop prophets the ability to transport us to a region where God becomes manifest then I see red. We're satisfied with our little long playing record, ten pop numbers or thereabouts a side. This is great art, we've been told this by the great pundits of our age. And in consequence why should we bother to learn? There's nothing more delightful than to be told: "You don't have to learn, my boy. There's nothing in it. Modern art? There's nothing in it." When you're told these things you sit down with a sigh of relief: "Thank God I don't have to learn, I don't have to travel, I don't have to exert myself in the slightest. I am what I am. Youth is youth. Pop is pop. There's no need to progress. There's no need to do anything. Let us sit down, smoke our marijuana (an admirable thing in itself but not the end of anything), let us listen to our records and life has become a single moment. And the single moment is eternity. We're with God. Finis!“
— Anthony Burgess English writer 1917 - 1993
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„One, two, three like a bird I sing, 'cause you given me the most beautiful set of wings.
I'm so glad you're here today, 'cause tomorrow I might have to go and fly away. Fly away, fly away, fly away, fly away.“
— Tim McGraw American country singer 1967
Song lyrics, Let It Go (2008), Last Dollar (Fly Away)
