"One the one hand, our economists treat human beings as rational actors making choices to maximize their own economic benefit. On the other hand, the same companies that hire those economists also pay for advertising campaigns that use the raw materials of myth and magic to encourage people to act against their own best interests, whether it's a matter of buying overpriced fizzy sugar water or the much more serious matter of continuing to support the unthinking pursuit of business as usual in the teeth of approaching disaster."

-- John Michael Greer

#Hands Quotes #People Quotes #Water Quotes

“It is important to bear in mind the now commonly accepted fact that in its primitive stages, religion had nothing to do with morals as understood by us today.”
“My Republican colleagues say, Let's do the cuts first. The Democrats say, Let's do spending first. I'd like to do both simultaneously.”
“If only everyone could know weâ€™ve been created by and for God! If only we could all comprehend that weâ€™re precious to Him, housing mirrored souls designed to reflect His glory.”

Source : Louie Giglio, Stuart Hall (2011). “Wired: For a Life of Worship Leader's Guide”, p.23, Multnomah
“Fiction is very important to me. It's what I do, it's what I do with my life.”
“We receive and we lose, and we must try to achieve gratitude; and with that gratitude to embrace with whole hearts whatever of life that remains after the losses.”

Source : Andre Dubus (2010). “Broken Vessels: Essays”, p.143, Open Road Media
“There is a reason we used to build Cathedrals that drew the eye upwards.”
“I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do.”
“Run with your heart instead of your mind. When you think with your mind, you think of the things you can and can't do. But when you run with your heart you forget about what you can't do, and you just go out and do it.”

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