“It makes a tremendous emotional and practical difference to one whether one accepts the universe in the drab discolored way of stoic resignation to necessity, or with the passionate happiness of Christian saints.” WayChristianUniverseDifferencesAcceptingEmotionalSaintPassionatePracticalsResignationStoicReligious Experience Book:The Varieties of Religious Experience Source: The Varieties of Religious Experience
“We're all a bunch of badminton birdies who just got batted from the Republican side of the court to the Democrat side. We'll eventually get batted back again, of course, unless libertarians can manage to do something about it. If your principal concern, like mine, is freedom, there's absolutely no discernable difference between the two 'majors,' and for all practical purposes, they're one big party - the Boot On Your Neck party - pretending to be two.” IfsTwoBigsPurposeCoursesSidesDifferencesPartyMinesRepublicanMajorsConcernCourtDemocratLibertarianPracticalsBunchManageNecksPretendingBootsPrincipalBack AgainBadminton Author:L. Neil Smith
“The only difference between the narrator of contemporary affairs and the ordinary historian is that moral judgments about the present provoke fiercer reactions and have more immediately practical implications than moral judgments about the past.” PastDifferencesMoralJudgmentOrdinaryAffairPracticalsReactionsContemporaryHistorianProvokingImplicationsNarratorsMoral Judgment Author:Geoffrey Barraclough
“This is a lyrical guide that addresses the deep human yearning to make a difference. It's full of indelible stories reminding us that, yes, helping people is hard-but it's both possible and infinitely rewarding. A Path Appears offers practical steps that any of us can take to empower others, and ourselves.” PeopleHumansHardHelpingStoriesDifferencesStepsPathOffersGuidesPracticalsEmpoweringMaking A DifferenceAddressesYearningHelping PeopleRemindingLyricalIndelible Author:Anne Rice
“We may exist in all universes, but 'hear' only one because of our limitations, the valve of our desires, our practical, physical needs. All is vibration, with nothing vibrating across no distance whatsoever. All is music. A universe, a world, is just one long difficult song. The difference between worlds is the difference between songs.” WorldNeedsMayLongDesireSongUniverseDifficultDifferencesDistancePracticalsLimitationJust OneVibrationsValve Author:Greg Bear