“Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will- to- action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens.” PeopleWorldActionDifferencesImpossibleFailingAcceptanceBurdenDistinctionApathyUnconditional Acceptance Author:Arthur Gordon Webster
“If we overregulate, over control, impose too many burdens and too much bureaucracy - or if we do it across the board, without taking into account the differences among businesses and their relative impact on society - that could make people risk-averse and dampen the entrepreneurial spirit.” PeopleIfsSpiritDifferencesToo MuchRiskAccountsImpactBurdenBoardsRelativeBureaucracyEntrepreneurialGovernment BureaucracyEntrepreneurial SpiritImpact On Society Author:Samuel J. Palmisano
“I think we have a number of young people - like yourself - who want to make a difference. Im not sure the numbers are as large because I think the burden of getting elected to public office at the national level has become astronomically expensive.” PeopleThinkingWantYoungDifferencesLevelsNumbersLike YouOfficeBurdenNot SureExpensiveMaking A DifferencePublic OfficeLike Yourself Author:Birch Bayh
“There is a difference between our wisdom and nature's simplicity. That reflects the burden of a complex intelligence. A complex intelligence like ours is impotent compared to the intelligence of a monarch butterfly migrating from Canada to Mexico, or the intelligence of hummingbirds that have co-evolved with the flowers all along their migration route. That seems so simple; it just happens, it just unfolds.” SeemsHappensDifferencesSimpleFlowerComplexesSimplicityBurdenCanadaMexicoButterflyRoutesMigrationMonarchsHummingbirdsMonarch Butterfly Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming