Until you change the way money works, you change nothing.
Man tries to swallow meaning whole as a dog would eat his dinner.
We have met the enemy and he is us.
When we become negative and ungrateful, it is important to remember. . . We have met the enemy; and he is us.
Thar's only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we're the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it's a mighty sobering thought. (Porkypine)
Traces of nobility, gentleness, and courage persist in all people, do what we will to stamp out the trend. So, too, do those characteristics which are ugly.
Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.
I'm crap at lying. I go bright red.
So if we can't express it or repress it, what do we do when we feel angry? The answer is to recognize the anger, but choose to respond to the situation differently. Easier said than done, right? Can you actually imagine trying to strong-arm your anger into another, more amicable feeling? It would never work. Determination alone won't work. It takes a new intelligence to understand and manage our emotions. By getting your head and heart in coherence and allowing the heart's intelligence to work for you, you can have a realistic chance of transforming your anger in a healthy way.
You have to let people find out who they are as actors and pull their strengths out based upon what they can actually do best.
Civilisation is never so charming as when it is an island in the middle of simplicity, or of a civilisation of an alien kind.