Wilderness
We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to go there….We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope. –Edward Abbey
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This is series is based on the collection of quotes which display in the sidebar of this site. I try to offer some insight into the background of the quote and its author, and some thoughts on my interpretation.
Power Is An End
Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. –Orwell, 1984
Read moreSeek help first for a friend.
A person who seeks help for a friend, while needy himself, will be answered first. –The Talmud
Read moreUse it or lose it.
When you cease to make a contribution you begin to die. –Eleanor Roosevelt
Read moreNever Lose A Holy Curiosity
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reasons for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity. –Albert Einstein
Read moreThe Mysterious, Source of All True Art and Science
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. –Albert Einstein
Read moreA Heart Full of Grace
Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. –Martin Luther King Jr.
Read moreNever Haste to Day’s End
One must never be in haste to end a day. There are too few of them in a lifetime. –Dale Coleman
Read moreYour Legacy?
Live as if everything you do will eventually be known. –Hugh Prather
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Can’t Defeat Sunrise or Hope
One of our Deep Thoughts – “There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.” — Bernard Williams
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Who’s The Smartest One of All?
None of us is a smart as all of us. – Phil Condit This is pretty obviously a riff on the concept of synergy, “the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.” But coming from a guy with Phil Condit’s background, it takes on some real meaning.
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