“The living model never answers well the idea or impressions the painter wishes to express; one must, therefore, learn to do without one, and for that, you must acquire facility, furnish one's memory to the point of infinitude, and make numerous drawings after the old masters.” WellsIdeasWishMemoriesAnswersMastersModelsDrawingImpressionPainterAcquireFacility Author:Eugene Delacroix
“The normal Christian life is a life of regular, daily answer to prayer. In the model prayer Jesus taught His disciples to pray daily for bread, and expect to get it, and to ask daily for forgiveness, for deliverance from the evil one, and for other needs, and daily to get the answers they sought.” NeedsChristianLife IsEvilAsksJesusPrayerAnswersTaughtPrayingNormalModelsBreadChristian LifeDiscipleDeliveranceAnswers To Prayer Book:Prayer: Asking and Receiving Source: Prayer: Asking and Receiving
“Our model of the cosmos must be as inexhaustible as the cosmos. A complexity that includes not only duration but creation, not only being but becoming, not only geometry but ethics. It is not the answer we are after, but only how to ask the question.” AsksAnswersCreationBecomingModelsEthicsComplexityCosmosGeometryDuration Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“Physical processes alone will never completely explain the existence of the universe , life , and consciousness . Religious answers are just wishful thinking and wanton fabrication cast over a bottomless pit of ignorance . To explain their occult and mystical experiences , magicians are forced to develop models beyond the scope of materialistic or religious systems .” ThinkingUniverseProcessReligiousAnswersExistenceConsciousnessIgnoranceModelsCastsMysticalMagicianScopePitsOccultMaterialisticWishful ThinkingWantonFabricationMystical Experiences Book:Liber Null & Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic Source: Liber Null & Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic
“If none of your role models provide the answer, then it is time to go within and ask yourself, "What would make me happy?" In other words, let your feelings guide you. This doesn't work well if you focus narrowly on your personal needs. I am not talking about selfishness or self-interest. When I ask, What will make you happy?, I mean, What way of loving others feels right for you? Choose a way of loving that makes you happy, and your efforts will be play rather than work.” IfsWayNeedsFeelsWellsMeanSelfPlayFeelingsAsksInterestAnswersEffortTalkingRolesFocusModelsGuidesSelfishnessRole ModelsYou ChooseSelf InterestMake You HappyMake Me HappyNot TalkingFeels RightLoving OthersPersonal Needs Author:Bernie Siegel
“Making promises to myself, in my personal writing practice, has been important to me all my life. In practical application it is so much easier for me to make promises to others, and keep them, than it is to make promises to myself. "Why is that?" and the answer I gave myself is that in making promises to others I create a model of accountability and reinforcement. I duplicate that in my writing and have grown increasingly better at making and keeping promises to myself.” WritingHas BeensImportantAnswersPracticeEasierPromiseModelsPracticalsAccountabilityApplicationDuplicateReinforcementKeeping PromisesPersonal Writing Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“Preaching on Sunday mornings is such a simple thing, and by complicating it, I think we all do ourselves and the audience a disservice. It is very simple. Here is the model: Make people feel like they need an answer to a question.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFeelsSimpleAnswersMorningAudienceModelsSundayPreachingSimple ThingsDisserviceSunday Morning Author:Andy Stanley
“I'm sorry, I'm not very knowledgeable about the plastic model industry, so I can't answer that question. Unfortunately, I can't really make a statement on the plastic scale modeling kits, probably because I'd be eradicated from the industry if I made my true feelings known.” IfsMadeI CanFeelingsAnswersKnownIndustryModelsSorryScalesStatementsPlasticI'm SorryModelingKnowledgeableTrue Feelings Author:Yoshiyuki Tomino
“The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?” ShouldDoeFaithUniverseAnswersApproachModelsMathematicalBotherUsualMathematical Models Author:Stephen Hawking
“Problems are solved only when we devote a great deal of attention to them and in a creative way...to have a good life, it is not enough to remove what is wrong with it. We also need a positive goal, otherwise why keep going? Creativity is one answer to that question - It provides one of the most exciting models for living.” WayNeedsEnoughProblemGoalAnswersDealsAttentionCreativityCreativeModelsExcitingRemoveKeep GoingGood Life Author:Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
“Fabricating answers to unanswerable questions is the domain of religion. A deity model is not the default alternative to a scientific mystery.” AnswersMysteryModelsAlternativesDomainDeitiesDefault Author:Graham Kendall