Thomas

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“The Achilles’ heel of authoritarianism is that the leader by the very nature of his position is able to ignore the wisdom of anyone “below” him—that is, anyone who stands between him and the real world. This is what authority means: immunity from competence.
—Philip Slater”
― Charles D. Hayes, Proving Youre Qualified

“It is derision that is mainstream and easy, and actual journalism that is edgy and difficult. So try for yourself to write a proper article, involving work in the real world: traveling, interviewing, maintaining relationships with sources, researching in written records, verifying everything, writing and revising drafts, all on a tight and unforgiving schedule. If you find you like doing this, keep a blog. In the meantime, give credit to those who do all of that for a living. Journalists are not perfect, any more than people in other vocations are perfect. But the work of people who adhere to journalistic ethics is of a different quality than the work of those who do not.”
― Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi