“But for us there are moments, O, how solemn, when destiny trembles in the balance and the preponderance of either scale is by our own choice.” MomentsChoicesDestinyBalanceScalesSolemn Book:Teachings and Counsels: Twenty Baccalaureate Sermons; with a Discourse on President Garfield Source: Teachings and Counsels: Twenty Baccalaureate Sermons; with a Discourse on President Garfield
“The destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale: to an observer in the Andromeda nebula, the sign of our extinction would be no more than a match flaring for a second in the heavens: and if that match does blaze in the darkness there will be none to mourn a race that used a power that could have lit a beacon in the stars to light its funeral pyre. The choice is ours.” IfsDoeLightWould BeUsedChoicesHeavenStarsRaceDarknessPlanetsDestructionAstronomyScalesSignificanceFuneralCosmicLitObserversExtinctionMournBeaconsAndromedaNebula Author:Stanley Kubrick
“Humans, like all other creatures, must make a difference; otherwise, they cannot live. But unlike other creatures, humans must make a choice as to the kind and scale of difference they make. If they choose to make too small a difference, they diminish their humanity. If they choose to make too great a difference, they diminish nature, and narrow their subsequent choices; ultimately, they diminish or destroy themselves. Nature, then, is not only our source but also our limit and measure.” IfsHumansKindHumanityChoicesDifferencesSourceCreaturesLimitsEnvironmentalScalesMaking A DifferenceSustainabilityDiminish Author:Wendell Berry
“Our problem wasn’t that it blew up and was impossible to scale, but there were some bad choices made. One of the biggest lessons time after time was to focus. Do fewer things.” MadeProblemChoicesFocusImpossibleLessonsScalesFewerBad ChoicesChoices Made Author:Evan Williams