“We artists can only go so far as the people can follow us. We are not alone, we are part of the system. We can take risks, but if you want to go to the peak of your consciousness, you may very well find yourself alone. Even if you know how to translate what you see, maybe only ten people will be able to understand what you tell. But, if you have faith in your vision, and retell it again and again, you will start noticing that, after a time, more people will begin to catch up with you.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantWellsMayAbleArtistConsciousnessVisionKnow HowRiskTenFinding YourselfHave FaithTranslateAgain And AgainNot AloneNoticing Author:Jean Giraud
“If for you the most important thing is to make a lot of money, then you don't want to take a certain type of risk. If, on another hand, the most important thing to you is to make people around you have a more fulfilled life, then there is a different set of things that are important to you. Unless you really know that about yourself, you will never be able to appropriately assess risk.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantImportantDifferentHandsAbleCertainRiskTypeImportant ThingsAbout YourselfLots Of MoneyFulfilledFulfilled Life Author:Benjamin Carson
“If we have isolated individuals able to inflict enormous harm, imagine what a single lunatic can do with a nuclear weapon. I think the whole base of civil society is at risk.” IfsThinkingWholeAbleIndividualCan DoImagineRiskWeaponsHarmNuclearEnormousIsolatedNuclear WeaponsLunaticCivil Society Author:Joshua Lederberg
“I would still like to go up in the space shuttle. It's appalling that the accident happened, but it was an accident and obviously if I knew there was any risk, I'd be foolish to do it. I'd love to stand outside the Earth and look at it. Extraordinary feeling that, something that we've been tied to for millions of years, and a handful of people have looked at it, to be able to do that would be stunning.” PeopleIfsYearsLooksStillsFeelingsWould BeAbleEarthSpaceMillionsRiskHappenedExtraordinaryAccidentsFoolishTiedStanding OutHandfulStunningSpace Shuttle Author:Colin Baker
“The Jesuits were good educators, exceptional teachers. In an era and in a society where freedom of speech was not held in high regard, of course, that the discourse be focused on what they were teaching, but we were able to go beyond this framework without incurring too great a risk.” AbleCoursesTeacherRiskTeachingSpeechRegardFocusedErasFreedom Of SpeechDiscourseExceptionalFrameworkEducatorJesuitIncurring Book:Memoirs Source: Memoirs
“To be a super-trader, you'll need an edge to overcome the laws of probability and the uncertainty of the marketplace. That edge comes from information flow, the ability to correct your habits in terms of the market's characteristics, and being able to take risks, cut losses, expand your information network, ferret out ideas, and take recommendations.” NeedsIdeasAbleLawTermLossAbilityCuttingRiskInformationHabitFlowOvercomingEdgesUncertaintyCharacteristicsProbabilityMarketplaceTradersRecommendationsFerretsInformation Flow Author:Ari Kiev
“There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.” MenAbleWorkBusinessRiskSecurityWillingHundredFortuneSeekingI Hate WorkWork Sucks Author:J. Paul Getty
“There is simply too much unnecessary suffering in our world. And we should see that as a national security risk, by the way. Given enough time, desperate people will tend to do desperate things. At a certain point you won't be able to build enough prisons or enough bombs to eradicate the effects of all that violence inside so many hearts.” PeopleWorldWayShouldHeartEnoughAbleCertainSufferingGivenToo MuchViolenceRiskEffectsSecurityPrisonDesperateBombsOur WorldUnnecessaryNational SecurityEnough TimeUnnecessary Suffering Author:Marianne Williamson
“As you absorb more mystical kundalini, you will able to perform a few minor miracles. As you do this, you run a great risk of egotism. Some people handle it well; some don't.” PeopleWellsRunningAbleRiskBuddhismMiracleHandleMinorsMysticalEgotismGreat Risk Author:Frederick Lenz