1965 in History

Arthur C. Clarke

We cannot predict the new forces, powers, and discoveries that will be disclosed to us when we reach the other planets and set up new laboratories in space. They are as much beyond our vision today as fire or electricity would be beyond the imagination of a fish.

Arthur C. Clarke (Space and the Spirit of Man, 1965)

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

Arthur C. Clarke (Maelstrom II, 1965)

Bob Dylan

He not busy being born is busy dying.

Bob Dylan (It's Alright Ma Im Only Bleeding, 1965)

When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose. You're invisible now. You've got no secrets to conceal.

Bob Dylan (Highway 61 Revisited, 1965)

Bob Marley

One love, one heart. Let's get together and feel alright.

Bob Marley (One Love, 1965)

Malcolm X

You can't separate peace from freedom, because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

Malcolm X (Speech in New York City, 1965)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Now the great temptation of life and the great tragedy of life is that so often we allow the without of our lives to absorb the within of our lives. The great tragedy of life is that too often we allow the means by which we live to outdistance the ends for which we live.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (Sermon - Keep Moving From This Mountain, 1965)

I endorse it. I think it was correct. Contrary to what many have said, it sought to outlaw neither prayer nor belief in god. In a pluralistic society such as ours, who is to determine what prayer shall be spoken and by whom? Legally, constitutionally or otherwise, the state certainly has no such right.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (Interview with Playboy magazine - On the topic of the U. S. Supreme Court's decision to ban school prayer, 1965)

Rachel Carson

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

Rachel Carson (The Sense of Wonder, 1965)

For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it is a pity that you use it so little.

Rachel Carson (The Sense of Wonder, 1965)

Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.

Rachel Carson (The Sense of Wonder, 1965)

I sincerely believe that for the child, and for the parent seeking to guide him, it is not half so important to know as to feel... Once the emotions have been aroused — a sense of the beautiful, the excitement of the new and the unknown, a feeling of sympathy, pity, admiration or love - then we wish for knowledge about the subject of our emotional response. Once found, it has lasting meaning. It is more important to pave the way for the child to want to know than to put him on a diet of facts he is not ready to assimilate.

Rachel Carson (The Sense of Wonder, 1965)

If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.

Rachel Carson (The Sense of Wonder, 1965)

It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humility. 

Rachel Carson (The Sense of Wonder, 1965)

If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow.

Rachel Carson (The Sense of Wonder, 1965)

A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.

Rachel Carson (The Sense of Wonder, 1965)

A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.

Rachel Carson (The Sense of Wonder, 1965)

One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?"

Rachel Carson (The Sense of Wonder, 1965)

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.

Rachel Carson (The Sense of Wonder, 1965)

A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantments of later years, the sterile preoccupation with things that are artificial, the alienation from the sources of our strength.

Rachel Carson (The Sense of Wonder, 1965)