"Developing wisdom in community is to constantly learn and relearn that expedience in the short term - whether for efficiency or profitability - can lead to disasters in the long term in financial, ecological, political, social, and spiritual spheres."

--

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz

Alan Briskin

#Spiritual Quotes #Long Quotes #Political Quotes

“The act of focusing our mightiest intellectual resources on the elusive goal of goto-less programs has helped us get our minds off all those really tough and possibly unresolvable problems and issues with which today's professional programmer would otherwise have to grapple.”
“Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.”
“The scenarios of biological or chemical warfare painted in detail by the American media during the months after September 11 only betray the inability of the government to determine the magnitude of the danger.”
“The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it.”

Source : "Contender Q&A: Edie Falco and Merritt Wever from 'Nurse Jackie'". Interview with Randee Dawn, articles.latimes.com. June 9, 2010.
“She comes from the Midwest. She had me at a very young age and raised me on her own. She's a very hard worker.”
“With drooping bells of clearest blue Thou didst attract my childish view, Almost resembling The azure butterflies that flew Where on the heath thy blossoms grew So lightly trembling.”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (p. 353), 1922.
“My path, my life, my career has really been a journey from moving from, in a sense, darkness to light. From pain to joy through the experience of yoga and meditation. It's an ongoing adventure that's unfolding every day.”
“When you're in a position to be paparazzi-ed just walking down the street, you'd look a little daft if you were smiling all the time.”

You may also like:

Angeles Arrien
Anthropologist
Lisel Mueller
Poet
David Batstone
Journalist