"Our marvelous new information technologies boost our power and opportunities for political engagement, but they can also disempower us by contributing to extreme political mobilization that sometimes overwhelms our institutions. These institutions were designed for rural societies operation at a tiny fraction of today's speed and with a citizenry vastly less capable that today's. It's unclear how they will change to adapt to the new reality, but change they must."

-- Thomas Homer-Dixon

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“The Art of Peace is medicine for a sick world. There is evil and disorder in the world, because people have forgotten that all things emanate from one source. Return to that source and leave behind all self-centered thoughts, petty desires, and anger. Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.”

Source : Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.12, Shambhala Publications
“You spend so much time, so much effort, trying to hold yourself together. And then everything falls apart anyway.”
“No other island received as much preliminary pounding as did Iwo Jima.”
“I am a trained professional liar. Do not read me as a textbook.”
“The specter of color is apparent even when it goes unmentioned, and it is all too often the unseen force that influences public policy as well as private relationships. There is nothing more remarkable than the ingenuity that the various demarcations of the color line reflect. If only the same creative energy could be used to eradicate the color line; then its days would indeed be numbered.”
“Work is fundamental to the dignity of the person. Work, to use an image, 'anoints' with dignity, fills us with dignity, makes us similar to God who has worked and still works, who always acts.”
“Obscurity is where God sends all His favorite sons and daughters. Our society tells us that if and when we get â€˜thereâ€™â€”the job or position or degree weâ€™ve always wanted, the notoriety weâ€™ve always dreamed ofâ€”thatâ€™s when all the important stuff will start happening. Not so. All the good stuff happens in obscurity.”

Source : Jonathan Martin, Steven Furtick (2013). “Prototype: What Happens When You Discover You're More Like Jesus Than You Think?”, p.65, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“Only by seeking challenges can we hope to find the best in ourselves.”

Source : Robert Rodriguez (2004). “Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over”, TokyoPop

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