“Because the global ecosystem is a connected whole, in which nothing can be gained or lost and which is not subject to over-all improvement, anything extracted from it by human effort must be replaced. Payment of this price cannot be avoided; it can only be delayed. The present environmental crisis is a warning that we have delayed nearly too long.” HumansLongWholeLostEffortSubjectsCrisisEnvironmentalConnectedImprovementWarningSustainabilityReplacedAvoidedPaymentEcosystemsDelayedEnvironmental Crisis Author:Barry Commoner
“In creativity the way will be found for subject to pass into object, the identity of subject with object will be restored. All the great creators have foreseen this turning-point. Today, in the depths of culture itself and in all its separate spheres, this crisis of creativity is ripening.” WayTodayCultureFoundCreativitySubjectsIdentityObjectsCrisisDepthCreatorSpheresTurning PointsForeseenRipening Author:Nikolai Berdyaev
“I trust Angela Merkel, she is a very open person. She is also subject to certain constraints and limitations. But she is honestly trying to settle the crisis, also in the south-east of Ukraine. However, what the European Union is doing with those sanctions is nothing but a theatre of the absurd.” TryingPersonsCertainSubjectsCrisisUnionsSouthEastTheatreHonestlyAbsurdLimitationSettlingConstraintsUkraineSanctionsEuropean UnionAngela Author:Vladimir Putin
“My work has never been autobiographical. Although the subjects are driven on a personal perspective it's sort of elevated above me. I try to express something that is more a collective expression of crisis.” TryingSubjectsExpressionPerspectiveCrisisDrivenCollectives Author:Shirin Neshat
“Here at home, ... while the most likely scenario remains solid growth and low inflation -- subject to the usual ups and downs -- certain sectors have been impacted by the crisis, some because of increased imports and others because of decreased exports. Moreover, problems in the global economy do constitute a risk to all our overall economic well-being.” WellsHas BeensProblemHomeCertainGrowthEconomyRiskEconomicSubjectsLowsCrisisRemainsWell BeingUsualInflationScenariosUps & DownsImportsGlobal Economy Author:Robert Rubin
“Godfulness is simply recognizing the primacy of a presence of love, spaciousness, grace, generativity, caring, and creativity in the world and in myself. How can a mere financial crisis compare to that? The Generative Mystery cannot go bankrupt. It is not subject to scarcity. We never run out of God.” WorldLoveRunningCreativityGraceMysterySubjectsCrisisMereFinancialCaringGod LoveCompareRecognizingScarcityFinancial CrisisPrimacySpaciousnessPresence Of Love Author:David Spangler
“While we remember that we are contending against brothers and fellow subjects, we must also remember that we are contending in this crisis for the fate of the British Empire.” RememberHistoryFateSubjectsBrotherCrisisFellowsBritishEmpiresBritish EmpireContending Author:John Burgoyne