“The ills and disorders of the 14th century could not be without consequence. Times were to grow worse over the next fifty-odd years until at some imperceptible moment, by the some mysterious chemistry, energies were refreshed, ideas broke out of the mold of the Middle Ages into new realms, and humanity found itself redirected.” YearsIdeasMomentsAgeHumanityNextFoundEnergyGrowsMiddleCenturyConsequenceMysteriousBrokeOddRealmsFiftyChemistryDisorderMiddle AgesMold Author:Barbara Tuchman
“By having simplified what is known, physicists have been led into realms which as yet are anything but simple. That at some time, they, too, will appear as simple consequences of a theory of which no one has yet dreamed is not a statement of fact.It is a statement of faith.” Has BeensFactsSimpleKnownTheoryConsequenceStatementsRealmsPhysicist Book:The Pursuit of Simplicity Source: The Pursuit of Simplicity
“[A] private property regime makes people responsible for their own actions in the realm of material goods. Such a system therefore ensures that people experience the consequences of their own acts. Property sets up fences, but it also surrounds us with mirrors, reflecting back upon us the consequences of our own behavior.” PeopleActionMaterialsBehaviorConsequenceEconomicsResponsibleMirrorsPropertyRealmsGoodsSurroundRegimesFenceReflectingPrivate PropertyReflecting Back Author:Tom Bethell
“The best way to alleviate the obesity "public health" crisis is to remove obesity from the realm of public health. It doesn't belong there. It's difficult to think of anything more private and of less public concern than what we choose to put into our bodies. It only becomes a public matter when we force the public to pay for the consequences of those choices.” ThinkingWayMatterBodyChoicesForceDifficultPayConsequenceConcernCrisisBest WayRealmsRemoveObesityPublic HealthAlleviate Author:Radley Balko
“It seems that if you put people on paper and move them through time, you cannot help but talk about ethics, because the ethical realm exists nowhere if not here: in the consequences of human actions as they unfold in time, and the multiple interpretive possibility of those actions.” PeopleIfsHumansHelpingSeemsActionMovingPossibilityPaperEthicsConsequenceRealmsEthicalMultipleHuman Actions Author:Zadie Smith
“Here and now was always where Tempus was, not off somewhere in the realm of Greater Good or Mortal Soul or Eternal Consequence. He'd lost the ability to determine greater good, if there was one; his mortal soul he'd given up on long ago. And as for eternal consequence - he was its embodiment.” IfsLongSoulLostGivenAbilityGreaterEternalConsequenceDetermineMortalsRealmsFree WillLong AgoHere And NowGiven UpEmbodimentGreater Good Author:Janet Morris