“No man can be a good citizen unless he has a wage more than sufficient to cover the bare cost of living, and hours of labor short enough so after his day's work is done he will have time and energy to bear his share in the management of the community, to help in carrying the general load.” MenDoneEnoughHelpingEnergyCommunityHoursShareHe ManBearsCitizensCostLaborManagementSufficientLoadTime And EnergyGood CitizenCost Of Living Book:The Complete Works of Theodore Roosevelt Source: The Complete Works of Theodore Roosevelt
“We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies. We make mental provisions for the days to come, and everything turns out differently, quite differently. Sufficient unto the day. The things that have to be done must be done, and for the rest we must not allow ourselves to become infested with thousands of petty fears and worries.” DoneTurnsFightingEnergyWorrySufficientPettyProvisionMorrowSapFleasDays To Come Author:Etty Hillesum
“Money is indispensable to a long-circuit heavy load energy system. It must be used when a sufficient surplus is being produced to allow a margin for exchange, and cost of transport, over a considerable distance. Money represents a storage battery when idle, and a generalized mode of the conversion of energy when it is in motion, with a function of equating time and space.” LongUsedEnergySpaceCostFunctionDistanceHeavyConversionSufficientLoadIdleIndispensableTime And SpaceMarginsTransportCircuitsBatteriesSurplusStorageHeavy Loads Book:God of the Machine Source: God of the Machine
“...the mind is more powerful than any imaginable particle accelerator, more sensitive than any radio receiver or the largest optical telescope, more complete in its grasp of information than any computer: the human body- its organs, its voice, its powers of locomotion, and its imagination- is a more-than-sufficient means for the exploration of any place, time or energy level in the universe.” MindHumansMeanBodyUniverseEnergyVoiceImaginationLevelsPowerfulWonderInformationComputerRadioSensitiveSufficientExplorationOrgansHuman BodyParticlesTelescopesReceiverEnergy Levels Author:Terence McKenna
“Wrangham cites several studies indicating that in fact humans don't do well on raw food: they can't maintain their body weight, and half of the women on a raw-food regimen stop menstruating. Devotees of raw food rely heavily on juicers and blenders, because otherwise they would have to spend as much time chewing as the chimps do. It is difficult, if not impossible, to extract sufficient energy from unprocessed plant matter to power a body with such a big, hungry brain.” IfsHumansWellsMatterFactsBodyBigsEnergyDifficultBrainHalfStudyImpossibleWeightPlantHungrySufficientRelyChewingDevoteeCitingRaw FoodBlendersBody Weight Book:Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation Source: Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
“Conventional turbines only work up to 200 feet, but capturing a small fraction of the global wind energy at higher altitudes could be sufficient to supply the current energy needs of the globe.” NeedsEnergyFeetWindHigherCurrentsSufficientConventionalGlobesFractionsTurbinesWind Energy Author:Saul Griffith
“Insulin is not a cure for diabetes; it is a treatment. It enables the diabetic to burn sufficient carbohydrates, so that proteins and fats may be added to the diet in sufficient quantities to provide energy for the economic burdens of life.” MayEnergyEconomicMedicineBurdenFatsCuresTherapyDietsSufficientTreatmentQuantityPhysiciansMedicationProteinHormonesDiabetesMetabolismCarbohydratesInsulinBurdens Of Life Author:Frederick Banting