“There is a form of eminence which does not depend on fate; it is an air which sets us apart and seems to prtend great things; it is the value which we unconsciously attach to ourselves; it is the quality which wins us deference of others; more than birth, position, or ability, it gives us ascendance.” LifeGivingDoeSeemsFormSuccessValuesWinningAbilityQualityFateAirPositionDependsBirthGreat ThingsSuccess In LifeEminenceDeference Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The immediate cause of the increase of population is the excess of the births above deaths; and the rate of increase, or the period of doubling, depends upon the proportion which the excess of the births above the deaths bears to the population.” CausesDependsBearsBirthPeriodsIncreaseRatePopulationProportionExcess Book:ON POPULATION THREE ESSAYS Source: ON POPULATION THREE ESSAYS
“Without natural resources life itself is impossible. From birth to death, natural resources, transformed for human use, feed, clothe, shelter, and transport us. Upon them we depend for every material necessity, comfort, convenience, and protection in our lives. Without abundant resources prosperity is out of reach.” HumansUseNaturalOur LivesImpossibleMaterialsDependsBirthComfortResourcesProsperityProtectionTransformedShelterConvenienceTransportNatural Resources Book:Breaking New Ground Source: Breaking New Ground
“The fact that the stars predict high or low rank for the father of the person whose horoscope is taken, teaches that they do not always make things happen but sometimes only indicate things. For how could things which preceded the birth depend upon the birth?” PersonsSometimesFactsHappensFatherStarsTeachTakenDependsBirthLowsThings HappenMake Things HappenHoroscopes Author:Sallust
“So much of our lives depends on accidents of birth, time, and geography. This haunts me. In some lives, few "or"s are possible. The pain of that is behind the second stanza of this poem.” PainBehindsOur LivesDependsBirthAccidentsGeography Author:Jane Hirshfield
“I would argue that the truth of Easter does not depend on whether there was an empty tomb, or whether anything happened to the body of Jesus. ... I do not see the Christian tradition as exclusively true, or the Bible as the unique and infallible revelation of God. ... It makes no historical sense to say, 'Jesus was killed for the sins of the world.' ... I am one of those Christians who does not believe in the virgin birth, nor in the star of Bethlehem, nor in the journeys of the wisemen, nor in the shepherds coming to the manger, as facts of history.” WorldBelieveDoeFactsBodyChristianJesusStarsSinHappenedJourneyDependsBirthUniqueTraditionEmptyHistoricalArguingRevelationsVirginsEasterTombsShepherdsInfallibleBethlehemVirgin Birth Author:Marcus Borg
“My wish and hope, every year, is that people's life chances - their chances of having a happy, prosperous, healthy life for themselves and their family and friends - should not depend on accident of birth. It shouldn't depend on where you're born. It should depend on who you are and what you do. But it shouldn't depend on the chance and the luck of being born in the U.S. or in a poor village in Sub-Saharan Africa or India or wherever it may be.” PeopleShouldYearsMayWishBornChancePoorDependsBirthHealthyIndiaLuckWho You AreAccidentsVillageFamily And FriendsProsperousHealthy LifeMy WishWishes And HopesSub Saharan Africa Author:Michael Elliott
“I think all happiness depends on the energy to assume the mask of some other life, on a re-birth as something not one's self.” ThinkingSelfEnergyDependsBirthAssumingMask Book:The Major Works Source: The Major Works