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“Some would be sages if they did not believe they were so already.”

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Baltasar Gracian, born on January 8, 1601 and died on December 6, 1658, was a renowned Spanish writer, philosopher, and theologian. He is known for his profound philosophical thoughts and unique literary style. more

“Such was the will of the Father that his Son, blessed and glorious, whom he gave to us, and who was born for us, should by his own blood, sacrifice, and oblation, offer himself on the altar of the cross, not for himself, by whom "all things were made," but for our sins, leaving us an example that we should follow his steps.”

Should Made Father Born Sin Steps Sacrifice Blood Example Son Offers All Things Crosses Blessed Leaving Glorious Altars Blood Sacrifice

Book:Writings of Saint Francis of Assisi

Source: Writings of Saint Francis of Assisi

“on first priority in design consideration is the full realization of individual potential in order to reach the second derivative full realization for all individuals”

Firsts Order Individual Design Priorities Realization Consideration Derivatives

Book:World Design Science Decade: Phase 1 Document 2

Source: World Design Science Decade: Phase 1 Document 2

“The eternal is omniembracing and permeative; and the temporal is linear. This opens up a very high order of generalizations of generalizations. The truth could not be more omni-important, although it is often manifestly operative only as a linear identification of a special-case experience on a specialized subject.”

Important Order Cases Special Subjects Eternal Linear Identification Generalization

Book:Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking

Source: Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking

“[A]ll the categories of creatures act individually as special-case and may be linearly analyzed; retrospectively, it is discoverable that inadvertently they are all interaffecting one another synergetically as a spherical, interprecessionally regenerative, tensegrity spherical integrity. Geodesic spheres demonstrate the compressionally discontinuous--tensionally continuous integrity. Ecology is tensegrity geodesic spherical programming.”

May Cases Special Integrity Creatures Programming Categories Spheres Ecology

Book:Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking

Source: Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking

“It seemed that the time would come evolutionarily when humans might have acquired enough knowledge of generalized principles to permit a graduation from class-two (entropically selfish) evolution into class-one (syntropically cooperative) evolution, thereafter making all the right moves for all the right reasons.”

Humans Two Reason Enough Might Moving Class Principles Evolution Selfish Permit Cooperatives

Author:R. Buckminster Fuller

“Actually, the problem in the world is that there are too many rich people.”

People World Problem Rich Rich People

Author:Paul R. Ehrlich

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