“Taoism extols the virtue of flexibility. What survives on earth is what effortlessly adapts to the changing environment and changing circumstances.” EarthChangeVirtueEnvironmentCircumstancesTaoismFlexibilityChanging Environment Author:Ernie J Zelinski
“I have been given a unique role to play on this earth: given to me by a life filled with sickness, ill-starred circumstances and my profession as an artist. It is a life that contains nothing that resembles happiness, and moreover does not even desire happiness.” DoeHas BeensPlayEarthDesireArtistGivenRolesCircumstancesUniqueFilledIllProfessionSickness Book:Encounter in Space: Double Images in the Graphic Art of Edvard Munch Source: Encounter in Space: Double Images in the Graphic Art of Edvard Munch
“The mind of the greatest man on earth is not so independent of circumstances as not to feel inconvenienced by the merest buzzing noise about him; it does not need the report of a cannon to disturb his thoughts. The creaking of a vane or a pully is quite enough. Do not wonder that he reasons ill just now; a fly is buzzing by his ear; it is quite enough to unfit him for giving good counsel.” MenNeedsGivingFeelsMindDoeReasonEnoughEarthWonderCircumstancesEarsIndependentIllNoiseReportsTriflesCannonsGreatest Man Book:Thoughts on religion, and other subjects Source: Thoughts on religion, and other subjects
“The highest greatness, surviving time and stone, is that which proceeds from the soul of man. Monarchs and cabinets, generals and admirals, with the pomp of court and the circumstance of war, in the lapse of time disappear from sight; but the pioneers of truth, though poor and lowly, especially those whose example elevates human nature, and teaches the rights of man, so that "a government of the people, by the people, for the people, may not perish from the earth;" such a harbinger can never be forgotten, and their renown spreads co-extensive with the cause they served so well.” PeopleMenHumansWellsMayWarSoulGovernmentEarthCausesPoorTeachRightsHuman NatureExampleGreatnessCircumstancesFameHighestStonesSightCourtForgottenSpreadDisappearSurvivingPioneersCabinetsMonarchsLapsesRenownAdmiralHarbinger Author:Charles Sumner
“Most of the earth's inhabitants work to get by. They work because they have to. They didn't pick this or that kind of job out of passion; the circumstances of their lives did the choosing for them. Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven't got even that much, however loveless and boring - this is one of the harshest human miseries. And there's no sign that coming centuries will produce any changes for the better as far as this goes.” HumansKindEarthJobsPassionCenturyHavensProduceCircumstancesPicksMiseryBoringChange For The BetterLoveless Author:Wislawa Szymborska