“Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you every measure for their support and encouragement ... Manners, by which not only the freedom, but the very existence of the republics, are greatly affected, depend much upon the public institutions of religion and the good education of youth; in both these instances our fathers laid wise foundations, for which their posterity have had reason to bless their memory.” StatesReasonChristianOrderFatherMemoriesExistenceSupportVirtueWiseYouthDependsImportanceEncouragementInstitutionsFoundationInstanceMannersAffectedBlessRepublicSensiblePosterityOur FatherPietyGood EducationSupport And Encouragement Author:John Hancock
“I define science fiction as fiction in which things happen that are not possible today - that depend, for instance, on advanced space travel, time travel, the discovery of green monsters on other planets or galaxies, or that contain various technologies we have not yet developed.” HappensTodaySpaceFictionTechnologyPlanetsDependsDiscoveryGreenScience FictionVariousMonstersThings HappenInstanceTime TravelGalaxySpace Travel Book:Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose: 1983-2005 Source: Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose: 1983-2005
“If you're looking at distributing alternative energy in Nigeria, for instance, what gets in your way is not people's ability to pay, not people's desire for a clean solar lamps or biomass opportunities. But there is a strong status quo that really depends on selling diesel.” PeopleIfsWayDesireOpportunityEnergyStrongAbilityPayDependsCleanSellingInstanceAlternativesStatus QuoLampsNigeriaDieselAlternative EnergyBiomass Author:Jacqueline Novogratz
“Dickens didn't have access to any other epistemologies other than those prevailing in Britain. But a novelist today cannot plausibly claim ignorance of his society's manifold connections with the wider world, the fact that prosperity and security at home, for instance, often depend on extensive violence and exploitation abroad.” WorldFactsHomeTodayViolenceSecurityIgnoranceDependsConnectionsClaimsProsperityAccessInstanceNovelistsBritainExploitationPrevailingDickensEpistemologyManifold Author:Pankaj Mishra
“So for instance it becomes clear why space and time and even the properties of matter itself depend on the observer in consciousness. In fact when you take this point of view it even explains why the laws of the universe themselves are fine tuned for the existence of life.” MatterFactsLawUniverseSpaceViewsExistenceConsciousnessClearFineDependsPropertyPoint Of ViewInstanceTime And SpaceObserversExistence Of LifeProperties Of Matter Author:Robert Lanza