Patterns Repeat ~ but so few remember!

The purpose of this [Once] Daily [Now Weekly] SMS-blog is to expose warnings and patterns from the past — to remedy the amnesia that Ecclesiastes lamented:

There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after. (Old Testament | Ecclesiastes 1:11; side bar*)

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The voices will be selected from a wide variety of writers from every nation, kindred, tongue, people, and time that expose the recycling agenda of domination and destruction.

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As of May 1, 2022, with the rapid deterioration of world conditions, Voices will feature, each Sunday, a prophetic voice concerning the last days. As you read, count the ways the last days' prophecies are manifesting in daily news and in the many exposés of things once hidden! As of January 1, 2023, the focus will be on Praise, Promises, and Freedom. As of January 2024 the focus will be on the manner of kings, rulers, power, pride, and persuasion.


Sunday, December 1, 2024

#491: “Those Who Look On and Do Nothing”

“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.”

Variation:
“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.”

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From Einstein's tribute to Pablo Casals (30 March 1953), in Conversations with Casals (1957), page 11, by Josep Maria Corredor, translated from Conversations avec Pablo Casals : souvenirs et opinions d'un musicien (1955)
• Variant translations or paraphrasing:
   • The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
       ◦ As quoted in The Harper Book of Quotations by Robert I. Fitzhenry (1993), p. 356
   • The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.
     ◦ As quoted in Conscious Courage : Turning Everyday Challenges Into Opportunities (2004) by Maureen Stearns, p. 99
   • The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein_and_politics
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

Albert Einstein[a] (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely held as one of the most influential scientists. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics.[1][6] His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation".[7] He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect",[8] a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein