“I'm as guilty as anyone, because I helped to herald the digital era with Jurassic Park. But the danger is that it can be abused to the point where nothing is eye-popping any more.” YearsWarEyeDifferencesDangerYears AgoGuiltyErasParksDigitalPoppingJurassic Park Author:Steven Spielberg
“Again, in our enterprises we present the singular spectacle of daring and deliberation, each carried to its highest point, and both united in the same persons; although usually decision is the fruit of ignorance, hesitation of reflection. But the palm of courage will surely be adjudged most justly to those, who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure and yet are never tempted to shrink from danger. In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours.” KnowsPersonsDifferencesDecisionPleasureUnitedDangerIgnoranceHighestReflectionFruitGenerosityEnterpriseHardshipDaringReceivingFavourPalmsTemptedShrinksHesitationDeliberation Book:History of Greece Source: History of Greece
“But the prize for courage will surely be awarded most justly to those who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure and yet are never tempted to shrink from danger.” KnowsDifferencesPleasureDangerPrizeHardshipTemptedShrinks Book:The Landmark Thucydides Source: The Landmark Thucydides
“There is no war on terrorism; it is the great game speeded up. The difference is the rampant nature of the superpower, ensuring infinite dangers for us all.” WarGamesDifferencesDangerInfiniteTerrorismSuperpowerWar On TerrorNo WarWar On Terrorism Author:John Pilger
“I believe there is no other difference between those who are called courageous and those who are branded craven than that the second are fearful before the danger and the first after it. No one can be much frightened, certainly, during a period of great and immanent peril -- the mind is too much concentrated on the thing itself, and on the actions necessary to meet or avoid it. The coward is a coward, then, because he has brought his fear with him; persons we think cowardly will sometimes amaze us by their bravery, if they have had no forewarning of their danger.” IfsThinkingMindFirstsBelievePersonsSometimesActionI BelieveDifferencesToo MuchDangerPeriodsBraveryCourageousCowardFrightenedFearfulCowardicePerilCowardlyBranded Author:Gene Wolfe
“Differences, we know, are never so effectually laid asleep as by some common calamity; an enemy unites all to whom he threatens danger.” KnowsDifferencesCommonEnemyDangerCalamity Book:The Rambler: In Four Volumes.. Source: The Rambler: In Four Volumes..
“I am dead already. Physical death will make no difference in my case. I am timeless being. I am free of desire or fear, because I do not remember the past or imagine the future. Where there are no names and shapes, how can there be desire and fear? With desirelessness comes timelessness. I am safe, because what is not, cannot touch what is. You feel unsafe, because you imagine danger. Of course, your body as such is complex and vulnerable and needs protection. But not you. Once you realize your own unassailable being, you will be at peace.” NeedsFeelsBodyPastRememberDeathDesireCoursesNamesFearPeaceRealizingDifferencesCasesImagineDangerFutureShapesSafeComplexesProtectionYour BodyVulnerableTimelessTimelessnessUnsafeRemembering The Past Author:Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“There is, to be sure, sometimes only a small difference between being alert to possible danger and allowing oneself to become terrified to the point of paralysis by seeming or imagined portents.” SometimesDifferencesDangerOneselfAllowingTerrifiedSeemingParalysisPortentsSmall Differences Author:Sherwin B. Nuland