“It is not really necessary to destroy nature in order to gain God's favor or even his undivided attention.” OrderAttentionGainsEnvironmentalFavorsUndivided Attention Author:Ian McHarg
“There is an art to grieving. To grieve well the loss of anyone or anything--a parent, a love, a child, an era, a home, a job--is a creative act. It takes attention and patience and courage. But many of us do not know how to grieve. We were never taught, and we don't see examples of full-bodied grieving around us. Our culture favors the fast-food model of mourning--get over it quick and get back to work; affix the bandage of "closure" and move on.” KnowsWellsChildrenArtHomeJobsMovingCultureParentLossAttentionKnow HowCreativeExampleTaughtModelsFavorsErasGrievingMourningOver ItGet BackGet OverFast FoodClosureBack To WorkBandages Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“It has been remarked that almost every character which has excited either attention or pity has owed part of its success to merit, and part to a happy concurrence of circumstances in its favor. Had Caesar or Cromwell exchanged countries, the one might have been a sergeant and the other an exciseman.” Has BeensCountryCharacterMightAttentionCircumstancesFortuneExcitedFavorsPityMeritMight Have BeenSergeantsConcurrenceCromwell Book:Essays and poems, by Dr. Oliver Goldsmith. To which are prefixed, memoirs of the author Source: Essays and poems, by Dr. Oliver Goldsmith. To which are prefixed, memoirs of the author
“In the '60s and '70s, people didn't pay a lot of attention to gangs. I think gangs still existed, but gangs had fallen out of criminological favor.” PeopleThinkingStillsPayAttentionFavorsFallenGang Author:Meda Chesney-Lind