“Anybody who gives away money is mostly looking at things where they think they can make a difference. I'm trying to help people who helped me, educational institutions that helped me with scholarships, or organizations that were very useful to me in growing up.” PeopleThinkingGivingTryingHelpingDifferencesGrowing UpGrowingOrganizationInstitutionsEducationalMaking A DifferenceScholarshipEducational Institutions Author:David Rubenstein
“Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind. The difference lies not in the respective natures of savagery and civilization, but in their attendant circumstances, institutions, and so forth. The difference, therefore, does not operate in every sense, but it does in most of them. Even the most civilized peoples, in short, can be fired with passionate hatred for each other.” MindDoeLyingPassionDifferencesCircumstancesCivilizationHatredInstitutionsPassionateCivilizedSavagesSavagery Author:Carl von Clausewitz
“Just as the difference in height between males is no longer a realistic issue, now that lawsuits have been substituted for hand-to-hand encounters, so the difference in strength between men and women is no longer worth elaboration in cultural institutions.” MenHas BeensHandsDifferencesIssuesMen And WomenInstitutionsMalesDiscriminationHeightEncountersRealisticLawsuit Book:Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies Source: Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies
“The boycott of parliamentary institutions on the part of anarchists and semianarchists is dictated by a desire not to submit their weakness to a test on the part of the masses, thus preserving their right to an inactive hauteur which makes no difference to anybody. A revolutionary party can turn its back to a parliament only if it has set itself the immediate task of overthrowing the existing regime.” IfsDesireTurnsDifferencesPartyMassWeaknessTasksTestsInstitutionsRevolutionaryRegimesSubmitParliamentAnarchistParliamentaryBoycott Book:History of the Russian Revolution Source: History of the Russian Revolution
“Our most basic institution of family desperately needs help and support from the extended family and the public institutions that surround us. Brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, grandparents and cousins can make a powerful difference in the lives of children. Remember that the expression of love and encouragement from an extended family member will often provide the right influence and help a child at a critical time.” NeedsChildrenHelpingRememberDifferencesPowerfulSupportInfluenceBrotherExpressionMembersEncouragementInstitutionsCriticalSurroundUnclesGrandparentBrothers And SistersCousinAuntFamily MembersExtended FamilyExpressions Of LoveAunts And UnclesHelp And Support Author:M. Russell Ballard
“In an economy, an act, a habit, an institution, or a law, gives birth not only to an effect, but to a series of effects. Of these effects, the first only is immediate; it manifests itself simultaneously with its cause - it is seen. The others unfold in succession - they are not seen. Now this difference is enormous, for it is often true that when the immediate consequence is favorable, the ultimate consequences are fatal, and the converse.” GivingFirstsLawCausesDifferencesEconomyEffectsBirthHabitConsequenceUltimateInstitutionsSeriesInvestingEnormousSuccessionConverses Author:Frederic Bastiat
“So many of the wars in history, thousands and thousands of them for the past five, six, seven thousand years, have been related to differences in Truth claims. If we can evolve beyond that problem, then I think there's some chance that we could retire the whole institution of war and begin to focus on the peaceful evolution of humanity.” IfsThinkingYearsHas BeensWarWholeProblemPastHumanityDifferencesChanceFiveFocusEvolutionThousandSixClaimsInstitutionsSevenPeacefulEvolveRelatedRetiringThousand YearsInterfaith Author:Wayne Teasdale
“The linchpin is an individual who can walk into chaos and create order, someone who can invent, connect, create, and make things happen. Every worthwhile institution has indispensable people who make differences like these.” PeopleHappensOrderIndividualDifferencesWalksInstitutionsChaosThings HappenMaking A DifferenceWorthwhileIndispensableMake Things Happen Author:Seth