"Projecting a persuasive image of a desirable and practical future is extremely important to high morale, to dynamism, to consensus, and in general to help the wheels of society turn smoothly."

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Source : Herman Kahn, Paul Dragoș Aligică, Kenneth R. Weinstein (2009). “The Essential Herman Kahn: In Defense of Thinking”, p.260, Lexington Books

Herman Kahn

#Important Quotes #Wheels Quotes #Helping Quotes

“Looks canâ€™t hide your true identity. Itâ€™s the eyes that give you awayâ€¦the soul behind them. The intent. The Shadows.”
“Stupas protect beings from 5 major disasters: war, epidemic diseases, famine, pollution, n poverty.”
“If England are going to win this match, they're going to have to score a goal.”
“Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.”
“One of the things that kills Buddhist spiritual life is excessive seriousness.”
“Study the processes and methods of those who are better at it than you... there's someone who knows something you don't, who has honed a skill more than you have. Rival your rival.”
“Bullying consists of the least competent most aggressive employee projecting their incompetence on to the least aggressive most competent employee and winning.”
“Falling prices are driving renewable energy investment in India, which rose 13 per cent last year and is expected to surpass 10 billion dollars in 2015. Adoption of increasingly cost-effective renewables holds the genuine promise of a new age of socio-economic development, powered by clean, increasingly decentralised, and sustainable energy. The opportunity for India is tremendous.”

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