“The more deeply I search for the roots of the global environmental crisis, the more I am convinced that it is an outer manifestation of an inner crisis that is, for lack of a better word, spiritual... what other word describes the collection of values and assumptions that determine our basic understanding of how we fit into the universe?” SpiritualValuesUniverseUnderstandingFitRootsCrisisEnvironmentalDetermineConvincedManifestationAssumptionCollectionsEnvironmental Crisis Book:Earth in the Balance: Forging a New Common Purpose Source: Earth in the Balance: Forging a New Common Purpose
“Nor do piecemeal steps however well intended, even partially resolve problems that have reached a universal, global and catastrophic character. If anything, partial 'solutions' serve merely as cosmetics to conceal the deep seated nature of the ecological crisis. They thereby deflect public attention and theoretical insight from an adequate understanding of the depth and scope of the necessary changes.” IfsWellsCharacterProblemUnderstandingAttentionStepsSolutionsUniversalCrisisDepthInsightResolveAdequateScopeTheoreticalEcologicalCosmeticsDeep SeaEcological CrisisNecessary Change Author:Murray Bookchin
“Much of our understanding of God's action in our lives in achieved in hindsight. When a particular crisis or event in our life has passed we cry out in astonishment like Jacob, 'The Lord is in this place and I never knew it.” ActionUnderstandingLordOur LivesEventsCryParticularCrisisHindsightJacobAstonishment Author:Sheila Cassidy
“While it may come as a profound surprise to those of us who are in the throes of an emotional or life crisis, the fact remains that the answer to virtually all of our problems resides within us already. It exist in the form of a vast reservoir of free-flowing energy that, when channeled to our muscles, can give us great strength and, when channeled to our brain, can give us great insight and understanding.” GivingMayFactsProblemFormEnergyUnderstandingAnswersBrainEmotionalCrisisRemainsSurpriseProfoundInsightMusclesReservoirsLife Crisis Author:Bruce Lee
“I had a very marginal understanding of what faith in God was growing up because, although I went to a Catholic school, without having parents who really were actively involved in faith there was no reinforcement of it. So, as a result of that I guess I just kind of thought that God was somebody that you put in a box and you put Him on a shelf and you called on him when you had crises.” KindSchoolParentUnderstandingResultsGrowing UpGrowingInvolvedCatholicCrisisBoxesFaith In GodShelvesCatholic SchoolReinforcement Author:Patricia Mauceri
“Speaking as a Muslim in the West, I see a crisis in religious authority, we need Indigenous Muslim scholarship understanding the Western way of life and is able to use the understanding, using legitimate Islamic sources to bring more scholarship to our way of life in the west. There's a need for that.” WayNeedsUseAbleUnderstandingReligiousSourceAuthorityCrisisWestWesternIslamicIndigenousScholarship Author:Mark Durie
“I can see that in retrospect but I guess I've always had such an identity crisis when it comes to other people's understanding of me.” PeopleI CanUnderstandingIdentityCrisisRetrospectIdentity Crisis Author:Jamie Lidell
“It's just very hard to teach a class of students about what has happened in the Global Financial Crisis, how we ended up there and how we got to where we are today, without having some basic, non-trivial understanding of the financial sector, credit, and the banking system.” HardTodayUnderstandingClassTeachHappenedStudentsCrisisFinancialCreditBankingFinancial CrisisBanking System Author:Alan M. Taylor
“I think that obviously the quest for purpose, or meaning, or understanding to existence is something that I always think about, always deal with. I guess everybody does - that existential crisis of human condition. It's nothing new. But I'd love to come across something that really made me believe in something.” ThinkingBelieveHumansDoeMadePurposeUnderstandingDealsExistenceConditionsCrisisHuman ConditionQuestsExistentialNothing NewExistential Crisis Author:Conor Oberst
“I guess I've always had such an identity crisis when it comes to other people's understanding of me. I don't feel it in myself but from an outsider's point of view, I can see they must be thinking, "Who the hell does this guy think he is?" But recently I've been thinking, okay, a white guy can't sing soul, but would a black person be made exempt from singing opera because it's not a tradition that belongs to them? It's the same kind of argument.” ThinkingKindSoulGuyUnderstandingBlackHellIdentitySingingArgumentTraditionOkayCrisisPoint Of View Author:Jamie Lidell
“Believe me, as one who has seen a number of international crises firsthand, they cannot be handled without an understanding of history.” BelieveUnderstandingNumbersCrisisInternationalBelieve In Me Author:Pierre Salinger
“This crisis is not just a crisis. Consumers are understanding for the first time that [their] degree of personal happiness doesn't rise past a certain earnings threshold.” FirstsPastCertainUnderstandingBusinessDegreesFirst TimeCrisisConsumersEarningThresholdPersonal Happiness Author:Fernando Rodes Vila
“The Lord is in control. He knows the end from the beginning. He has given us adequate instruction that, if followed, will see us safely through any crisis. His purposes will be fulfilled, and someday we will understand the eternal reasons for all of these events. Therefore, today we must be careful to not overreact, nor should we be caught up in extreme preparations, but what we must do is keep the commandments of God and never loose hope!” IfsKnowsShouldEndsReasonTodayPurposeGivenUnderstandingLordEventsEternalEternityCrisisCaughtCarefulExtremesPreparationSomedayInstructionBe CarefulFulfilledCommandmentsCaught UpAdequateCommandments Of God Author:M. Russell Ballard
“A case can certainly be made that Christians bear a major responsibility for our ecological crisis. But the fault is not their biblical but their unbiblical view of nature. Christians have long failed to understand what the Bible really teaches concerning nature and our responsibility for it. For this there is no excuse. Repentance must be our first response. Our second response must then be to right the wrongs of our faulty understanding and act accordingly. We are all responsible to know what can be known of God's will for nature, and we are then responsible to act on that knowledge.” KnowsFirstsLongMadeChristianUnderstandingViewsResponsibilityKnownTeachCasesCreationBearsMajorsResponsibleCrisisFaultsResponseExcuseGods WillRepentanceBiblicalEcologicalNo ExcusesEcological Crisis Author:James W. Sire
“If a culture treats a particular illness with compassion and enlightened understanding, then sickness can be seen as a challenge, as a healing crisis and opportunity. Being sick is then not a condemnation or a moral judgement, but a movement in a larger process of healing and restoration. When sickness is viewed positively and in supportive terms, then illness has a much better chance to heal, with the concomitant result that the entire person may grown and be enriched in the process.” IfsMayPersonsCultureOpportunityProcessUnderstandingTermChallengesChanceResultsHealingCompassionMoralMovementParticularTreatsSickCrisisIllnessHealJudgementSicknessEnlightenedSupportivePositivelyRestorationCondemnationBeing SickMoral Judgement Book:The Essential Ken Wilber Source: The Essential Ken Wilber