“I see Professionalism as a spreading disease of the present-day world, a sort of poly-oligarchy by which various groups (subway conductors, social workers, bricklayers) can bring things to a halt if their particular demands are not met. (Meanwhile, the irrelevance of each profession increases, in proportion to its increasing rigidity.) Such lucky groups demand more in each go-round - but meantime, the number who are permanently unemployed grows and grows.” IfsWorldSocialGrowsNumbersGroupsParticularMetsLuckyDemandDiseaseIncreaseWorkersRoundsVariousProfessionProportionHaltUnemployedSubwayProfessionalismPresent DayConductorSocial WorkerRigidityOligarchyIrrelevanceBricklayers Author:Ted Nelson
“If I never explore my limits, my bodymind will gradually tighten and become unconscious. If I regularly explore my limits in a caring and adventuresome fashion, I will expand and grow in a vital fashion. But if I try to push myself past where I am honestly able to go, I will no longer be practicing yoga but instead will be practicing greed, and I will probably be met by pain and disease. Stated simply, it is the difference between ignoring your self, making love to yourself, and raping yourself.” IfsTryingSelfAblePainPastGrowsDifferencesFashionMetsLimitsDiseaseYogaGreedCaringHonestlyUnconsciousMaking Love Author:Ken Dychtwald
“The real lesson of 9/11 that I think we have still to learn is that this is a world of interdependence, in which all of the challenges of environment and climate change, of jobs, of disease, of war and terrorism, are cross-border problems that cannot be met one nation at a time.” ThinkingWorldStillsWarRealProblemJobsNationsChallengesEnvironmentLessonsMetsDiseaseCrossesClimateClimate ChangeTerrorismBordersInterdependence Author:Benjamin Barber
“I've met many young women who are HIV positive and courageously fighting the disease. Their determination to live a full life and see their children live in a better world is deeply inspiring to me.” WorldChildrenYoungFightingMetsDiseaseDeterminationYoung WomenHivFull LifeHiv Positive Author:Alicia Keys
“[Warren Buffett ] met with all sorts of different groups about a lot of different things, but yes, he took the time, he listened and he wanted to understand about some of the different diseases and the strength of the American role in doing all these things.” DifferentWantedRolesGroupsMetsDiseaseDifferent ThingsBuffettWarren Buffet Author:Bill Gates
“The bravest person I've ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style.” PersonsLongLastsYoungGamesWishBoysSawsStyleAmountMetsDiseaseDiedComplexesTreatmentMassiveConventionsFortitudeDiscworldAssassins Author:Terry Pratchett
“I still cannot fathom how difficult it was for the women I met to find out that they were HIV-positive. It is such a courageous undertaking in countries where there is still considerable stigma about the disease. They got tested to ensure that their unborn babies would have a chance of life by being born free of the virus.” StillsCountryFightingDifficultBornChanceBabyMetsDiseaseAidsCourageousTestedVirusesHivUnbornStigmaUndertakingsFathomHiv AidsBorn FreeHiv PositiveUnborn Baby Author:Gabriel Byrne
“Hear me people: We have now to deal with another race - small and feeble when our fathers first met them, but now great and overbearing. Strangely enough they have a mind to till the soil and the love of possession is a disease with them. These people have made many rules that the rich may break but the poor may not. They take their tithes from the poor and weak to support the rich and those who rule.” PeopleMindFirstsMayMadeEnoughFatherPoorDealsRaceBreakSupportEconomyRichMetsDiseaseWeakPossessionSoilOur FatherTitheOverbearing Author:Sitting Bull