The material universe is . . . a message in code from God.-Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1900)
_Jesus Rediscovered_ [1969
The whole fun of living is trying to make something better. -Charles F. Kettering (1876-1958) (In W. Clements Zinck's _Dynamic Work Simplification_ [1971])
“Borders, proclaimed the European commission president, Jean Claude-Juncker, in August 2016, are the worst invention ever made by politicians” Douglas Murray – The Strange Death of Europe(page 178)
I believe that the royal family are a focus of patriotism, of loyalty, of affection and of esteem. That is a rare combination, and we should value it highly. - Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in a Civil List debate, in the House of Commons (24 July 1990
It’s the stuff of myths, fairy-tales and castles in the air.She has become the symbol of shared public grief; of corporate emoting; of cumulative and protracted obsession with feelings and intuition. Her bulimia was ours; her borderline personality disorder was the essence of all of us; her feelings of betrayal, anger and thirst for revenge belong to everyone. We knew her because somehow she was in us. We never met her, but we still feel her. We all seem to have lost someone close to us, though she could scarcely have been more distant. She became, in her dying, the whole nation’s near-death experience. Don’t try to analyse any of this madness: it defies logic. Diana has become a spiritual essence, a religious object of profound devotion, and so empathy trumps all reason. You can’t dish out harsh facts or even give people a bit of pointed common sense when all they want is puppies, kittens and teddy bears. Forget what works: if it feels right, it must be right. And so our public life becomes a mood, and if you dare to you break the charm you will trample on people’s dreams and kill their hopes. And Diana, Queen of People’s Hearts, will hate you for it.- http://archbishopcranmer.com/diana-queen-peoples-hearts-near-death-experience/
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