"That is the future, and it is probably nearer than we think. But our primary problem as universities is not engineering that future. We must rise above the obsession with quantity of information and speed of transmission, and recognize that the key issue for us is our ability to organize this information once it has been amassed - to assimilate it, find meaning in it, and assure its survival for use by generations to come."

-- Vartan Gregorian

#Thinking Quotes #Keys Quotes #Engineering Quotes

“Jesus has not given us options to consider. He has given us commands to obey.”
“I stayed in Hamburg a few more days, and during that time I received a visit from Rolf Aldag, the sporting director at T-Mobile. He advised me to tell the truth.”
“There is no endeavor more noble than the attempt to achieve a collective dream.”
“Art begs you to notice it. Why? Because art is God's way of saying hello. So pay attention to poetry. Pay attention to music. Pay attention to paintings and sculptures and photo exhibits and ballets and plays. Don't let all this go unnoticed. Your world is shouting out to you, revealing something intrinsically glorious about itself. Listen carefully. Love art, the way art loves life.”
“When I'm left on my own I'm my own worst enemy.”

Source : "The do Ron Ron" by Mariella Frostrup, www.theguardian.com. December 02, 2001.
“One of the fundamental conditions of happiness is to know that everything that one does has a meaning in eternity”

Source : Titus Burckhardt, Michael Oren Fitzgerald (2006). “The Foundations of Christian Art: Illustrated”, p.2, World Wisdom, Inc
“As the church watches from the sidelines, the ungodly elect atheists and homosexuals to school boards and legislatures to enact policies and laws that destroy our Christian children and discriminate against Christian families.”
“John Redwood is a young man but, let's face it, so was Margaret Thatcher in 1975.”

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