“The State is a collection of officials, different for difference purposes, drawing comfortable incomes so long as the status quo is preserved. The only alteration they are likely to desire in the status quo is an increase of bureaucracy and the power of bureaucrats.” LongDifferentStatesDesirePurposeDifferencesComfortableIncreaseDrawingIncomeOfficialsCollectionsBureaucracyStatus QuoBureaucratsAlterations Author:Bertrand Russell
“I can only think seriously of trying to live up to an ideal, to improve myself, if I am split in two pieces. There must be a good “I” who is going to improve the bad “me.” “I,” who has the best intentions, will go to work on wayward “me,” and the tussle between the two will very much stress the difference between them. Consequently “I” will feel more separate than ever, and so merely increase the lonely and cut-off feelings which make “me” behave so badly.” IfsThinkingFeelsTryingI CanTwoFeelingsDifferencesPiecesCuttingIdealsLonelyIncreaseStressIntentionBehaveSplitsProve MyselfBest Intentions Author:Alan Watts
“When I think of God, when I think of him as existent, and when I believe him to be existent, my idea of him neither increases nordiminishes. But as it is certain there is a great difference betwixt the simple conception of the existence of an object, and the belief of it, and as this difference lies not in the parts or composition of the idea which we conceive; it follows, that it must lie in the manner in which we conceive it.” ThinkingBelieveIdeasGodLyingCertainBeliefI BelieveDifferencesSimpleExistenceObjectsIncreaseConceptionCompositionBelief In God Book:A Treatise of Human Nature Source: A Treatise of Human Nature
“To increase student engagement and ownership of learning, we should give students opportunities to do meaningful work - work that makes a difference locally, nationally, and globally.” GivingShouldOpportunityDifferencesStudentsIncreaseMeaningfulMaking A DifferenceEngagementOwnershipMeaningful Work Author:Eric Williams