“Life is wonder, endless, ceaseless wonder. If your energy level is low, then everything is gray, two-dimensional, boring, frustrating, and unhappy.” IfsInspirationalTwoLife IsEnergyLevelsWonderBuddhismLowsBoringEndlessUnhappyGrayFrustratingEnergy Levels Author:Frederick Lenz
“You really do have to wonder whether a few years from now we’ll look back at the first decade of the 21st century — when food prices spiked, energy prices soared, world population surged, tornados plowed through cities, floods and droughts set records, populations were displaced and governments were threatened by the confluence of it all — and ask ourselves: What were we thinking? How did we not panic when the evidence was so obvious that we’d crossed some growth/climate/natural resource/population redlines all at once?” ThinkingWorldYearsFirstsLooksGovernmentAsksEnergyGrowthNaturalCitiesWonderRecordsCenturyEvidenceResourcesClimatePopulationObviousDecadesPanicFlood21st CenturyThreatenedNatural ResourcesDroughtWorld PopulationConfluence Author:Thomas Friedman
“...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
“It's easy to sell good news like this, and the authors confidently rely on classic fallacious arguments. They argue by declaration, which is what makes the books so amusing. In matter-of-fact, authoritative tones, the authors tell us how plants and human beings exchange energy - or they describe what angels look like, whether or how they're sexed, how they communicate with human beings, and how they differ from ghosts. Readers might be expected to wonder, How do they know?” KnowsHumansLooksBookMatterFactsMightEnergyEasyHuman BeingsWonderAtheismReaderNewsAngelArgumentSellsPlantCommunicatePositive AtheismExpectedArguingGhostClassicToneRelyDeclarationGood NewsAmusingMatter Of Fact Author:Wendy Kaminer
“I wonder if living alone makes one more alive. No precious energy goes in disagreement or compromise. No need to augment others, there is just yourself, just truth - a morsel - and you.” IfsNeedsEnergyWonderAliveSolitudeCompromiseDisagreementSinglesLiving Alone Book:Measure of My Days Source: Measure of My Days
“The mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less. Less time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . . No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best. No wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.” FirstsChildrenStillsEnergyParentHurtExistenceAttentionWonderStruggleMereDisappointmentAccomplishmentApprovalSiblingMe AloneRivalryAlone TimeSibling Rivalry Author:Adele Faber
“And here we are with our improved human world that we've spent a great deal of time and energy working on. We've improved the rivers and the lakes and the land and our society and our ways of living to the point where we now wonder if the human race will survive.” IfsWorldWayHumansEnergyDealsRaceWonderLandRiversHuman RaceLakesOur SocietyTime And Energy Book:Buddhism Plain and Simple Source: Buddhism Plain and Simple
“I thought cocaine was a fantastic drug. A wonder drug, like everybody else. It gave you [an] energy burst. You could stay awake for days on end, and it was just marvelous and I didn't think it was evil at all.” ThinkingEndsEvilEnergyWonderDrugFantasticAwakeMarvelousCocaine Author:George Jung