“The emphasis is on community, on participating in more and more programs and events, on meeting more and more people. It’s a constant tension for many introverts that they’re not living that out. And in a religious world, there’s more at stake when you feel that tension. It doesn’t feel like ‘I’m not doing as well as I’d like.’ It feels like ‘God isn’t pleased with me.’” PeopleWorldFeelsWellsCommunityReligiousEventsProgramConstantMeetingsTensionStakesIntrovertEmphasisParticipating Book:Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“(...) contemporary art has become a kind of alternative religion for atheists. (...) For many art world insiders and art aficionados of other kinds, concept-driven art is a kind of existencial channel through which they bring meaning to their lives. It demands leaps of faith, but it rewards the believer with a sense of consequence. Moreover, just as churches and other ritualistic meeting places serve a social function, so art events generate a sense of community around shared interests” WorldKindArtSocialInterestCommunityChurchEventsDemandArt IsConceptsConsequenceFunctionMeetingsRewardsAtheistDrivenBelieverContemporaryAlternativesLeapArt WorldLeap Of FaithInsidersContemporary Art Author:Sarah Thornton
“Whenever you meet anybody, it is a holy encounter. The primary event is the energy field of presence between you and the other human being that arises. You enjoy it. There is deep joy in the meeting.” HumansJoyEnergyEnjoyHuman BeingsEventsFieldsHolyMeetingsArisePrimariesEncountersEnergy Fields Author:Eckhart Tolle
“Economics, over the years, has become more and more abstract and divorced from events in the real world. Economists, by and large, do not study the workings of the actual economic system. They theorize about it. As Ely Devons, an English economist, once said in a meeting: 'If economists wanted to study the horse, they wouldn't go around and look at horses. They'd sit in their studies and say to themselves, `What would I do if I were a horse?' '” IfsWorldYearsLooksSaidRealWantedStudyEconomicEventsEconomicsHorseMeetingsAbstractReal WorldEconomistDivorcedEconomic SystemsDevon Author:Ronald Coase
“One of the great events in my life was my first meeting with Edison. This wonderful man, who had received no scientific training, yet had accomplished so much, filled me with amazement. I felt that the time I had spent studying languages, literature and art was wasted; though later, of course, I learned this was not so.” MenFirstsArtCoursesLiteratureLanguageFeltStudyWonderfulEventsTrainingFilledMeetingsAccomplishedAmazementGreat EventsWonderful ManLiterature And Art Author:Nikola Tesla
“Just a tip if you have a big event to go to or an important meeting, if you cry enough your face swells up giving you a temporary lift.” IfsGivingImportantEnoughBigsFacesEventsCryMeetingsLiftsTemporaryYour FaceBig Events Author:Bonnie McFarlane
“A dream is the meeting of minds; an event in our waking consciousness is the coming together of sensible substances. Hence our feelings by day and our dreams by night are the meetings of mind with mind and of substance with substance.” MindFeelingsDreamTogetherNightConsciousnessEventsMeetingsSubstanceTaoismWakingSensibleOur DreamsComing TogetherMeetings Of The Minds Author:Lie Yukou
“I don't think that developing countries gained from a two-stage process. A single phase summit (which is, after all, a two year process, not a three day event) would have built awareness, and would probably have led to more substantive conclusions at the end of the first summit meeting. Civil society may have gained a bit more from the networking experience, but it was less effective at networking in the second phase.” ThinkingYearsFirstsMayTwoEndsCountryThreeBitsProcessStageAwarenessEventsBuiltMeetingsConclusionDevelopingTwo YearsPhasesSummitNetworkingCivil SocietyDeveloping Countries Author:David Souter
“I love meeting my readers - so the more I can talk to at one event the better!” I CanEventsReaderMeetings Author:Jodi Picoult