“Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.” RealityTheoryEssentialsApproachTheoretical Book:Speeches 1949-1953 Source: Speeches 1949-1953
“If we would find God amid all the religious externals we must first determine to find Him, and then proceed in the way of simplicity. Now as always God discovers Himself to "babes" and hides Himself in thick darkness from the wise and the prudent. We must simplify our approach to Him. We must strip down to essentials (and they will be found to be blessedly few). We must put away all effort to impress, and come with the guileless candor of childhood. If we do this, without doubt God will quickly respond.” IfsWayFirstsFoundReligiousEffortDarknessDoubtWiseChildhoodEssentialsApproachSimplicityDetermineGods WillThickImpressSimplifyBabePrudentCandor Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“Holland's and Kauffman's work, together with Dawkins' simulations of evolution and Varela's models of autopoietic systems, provide essential inspiration for the new discipline of artificial life, This approach, initiated by Chris Langton (1989, 1992), tries to develop technological systems (computer programs and autonomous robots) that exhibit lifelike properties, such as reproduction, sexuality, swarming, and co-evolution.” TryingInspirationTogetherEvolutionDisciplineEssentialsComputerApproachModelsProgramPropertySexualityWorking TogetherArtificialTechnologicalRobotsExhibitsReproductionAutonomousSimulationHollandArtificial Life Author:John Henry Holland
“Your projects can often demonstrative new and innovative approaches that can be supported and eventually replicated with greater support from the public sector. Showing up and speaking up at city council and state legislature hearings are essential, but so is the project work.” StatesCitiesSupportGreaterEssentialsProjectsApproachHearingCouncilInnovativeLegislatureShowing UpSpeaking UpPublic SectorState LegislaturesCity Council Author:Mark Winne
“If you have an approach that makes money, then money management can make the difference between success and failure... ... I try to be conservative in my risk management. I want to make sure I'll be around to play tomorrow. Risk control is essential.” IfsWantTryingPlayDifferencesRiskTomorrowEssentialsApproachManagementConservativeMaking MoneySuccess And FailureRisk ManagementMoney Management Author:Monroe Trout
“One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words. We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken. We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words - an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words - is an essential prerequisite for prayer. By the word of God the world was created.” WorldUseTodaySpiritPrayerForgetWonderMysteryAwarenessBrokenEssentialsApproachMajorsToolsTragedyCrisisOur TimeOur WorldWord Of GodReverenceSensitivitySymptomsVesselWorld TodayPrerequisites Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel
“Today, with America being a beleaguered global power, in part because of its own mistakes, it is absolutely essential that the American democracy refocuses its concerns towards global issues and does not approach its own specific problems on the basis of, to some extend, self-induced fear.” DoeSelfProblemTodayAmericaMistakeDemocracyIssuesEssentialsApproachConcernBasesAmerican DemocracyGlobal Issues Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“What hermeneutics teaches is that progress comes from being exposed to different points of views because there's no point of view that is right for all situations and all times. And even if it's superior to the others, you can enrich it by drawing on others or thinking: "Why is that wrong and how do I improve my approach? How do I come up with a better approach?" So that's essential for innovation just like it is in technology.” IfsThinkingDifferentViewsSituationTeachTechnologyProgressEssentialsApproachInnovationCome UpPoint Of ViewDrawingSuperiorsAll TimeExposedNo PointDifferent Points Of ViewHermeneutics Author:Charles Koch
“Culture's essential service to a religion is to destroy intellectual idolatry, the recurrent tendency in religion to replace the object of its worship with its present understanding and forms of approach to that object.” FormCultureUnderstandingAtheismObjectsEssentialsApproachWorshipIntellectualPositive AtheismTendenciesIdolatry Book:Anatomy of Criticism Source: Anatomy of Criticism