Monday, July 27, 2020

Thinking about John Robert Lewis

Random Quotations/Thoughts for the Conscience of America Who Lies in State in Washington, DC                    (credits on the right)

 

“Do not go gentle into that good night”                              (Dylan Thomas)

He left behind “footprints in the sands of time”                (H. W. Longfellow)

He dared “to disturb the universe”                                     (T. S. Eliot)\

He is still waiting for a” rebirth of wonder”                       (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)

He said what “people did not want to hear”                       (Friedrich Nietzschd)

His “life showed what he thought of himself”                     (Oets Kolk Bouwsma)

He asked “if I am only for myself, what am I?”                  (Rabbi Hillel)

He showed us that “beauty is in one’s heart”                       (Kahlil Gibran)

He would rather prevent poverty than give charity             (Maimonides)

His wisdom emanated from how little he understood          (Socrates)

He respected himself and his beliefs, as did others               (Confucius)

He did his best to bring out the best in others                       (Rabbi Spector)

He did not mistake paradise for fame of fortune                   (Bob Dylan)

 

 

J. Michael Spector

July 27, 2020

 

 


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