“Our examination of computer viruses leads us to the conclusion that they are very close to what we might define as "artificial life." Rather than representing a scientific achievement, this probably represents a flaw in our definition.” MightAchievementComputerDefinitionsConclusionFlawsArtificialExaminationVirusesRepresentingArtificial LifeComputer Viruses Author:Gene Spafford
“Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.” HumanityPeaceProcessLinesWorkDecisionProductsVictoryAchievementFinalsDefinitionsCommandFixedFinishingDeadlineNever EndingUbuntuPeace JusticeAchieving Peace Author:Oscar Hammerstein II
“My definition of elegance is the achievement of a given functionality with a minimum of mechanism and a maximum of clarity.” GivenAchievementDefinitionsClarityMechanismMinimumEleganceMaximumFunctionality Author:Fernando J. Corbato
“Realizing who we are and what we may become assures us that with God nothing really is impossible. From the time we learn that Jesus wants us for a Sunbeam until we learn more fully the basic principles of the gospel, we are taught to strive for perfection. It is not new to us then to talk of the importance of achievement. The difficulty arises when inflated expectations of the world alter our definition of greatness.” WorldWantMayJesusRealizingPrinciplesImpossibleGreatnessTaughtAchievementExpectationsPerfectionImportanceDifficultyStriveDefinitionsAriseWho We AreWant UBasic PrinciplesSunbeams Author:Howard W. Hunter
“Great performers are, by definition, abnormal; they strive throughout their entire careers to separate themselves from the pack.” CareersAchievementStriveDefinitionsPerformersPacksAbnormal Author:John Eliot
“My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done. You can be sincere and still be stupid.” KnowsMenStillsDoneScienceEducationStupidAchievementFellowsDefinitionsEducatedThings To DoRight ThingSincereEducated Man Book:Prophet of progress: selections from the speeches of Charles F. Kettering Source: Prophet of progress: selections from the speeches of Charles F. Kettering
“The miracle is that some have stepped out of the rags of the Republic's definition to assume the great burden and glory of their humanity and their responsibility for one another. It is an extraordinary achievement to be trapped in the dungeon of color and to dare to shake down its walls and to step out of it leaving the jailkeeper in the rubble.” HumanityCultureJusticeResponsibilityStepsColorWallAchievementDiversityGloryMiracleSocial JusticeAssumingExtraordinaryLeavingDefinitionsDareBurdenShakesRepublicTrappedRagsDungeonsRubbleExtraordinary Achievement Author:James A. Baldwin
“The whole art of allowing the truth to take possession of you is of being vulnerable, of being open, of being in a let-go. Or in other words, the whole art consists of one word, "surrender". And that's what sannyas is, that's my definition of a sannyasin: a man who is surrendered to existence so totally that he never thinks in terms of achievement any more, because he is no more. Who is there to achieve? - he has disappeared totally, he has not left even a trace behind. In that very moment, when you are just a pure nothingness, truth arrives. It is a gift of God.” ThinkingMenArtWholeMomentsLeftTermBehindsExistenceAchievePureLetting GoAchievementDefinitionsPossessionSurrenderVulnerableAllowingNothingnessOne WordGift From God Author:Rajneesh