“If you expound the teaching of the Logos from the standpoint of the moral life, using materialistic words and examples which correspond to the capacity of your hearers, you make the Logos flesh. Conversely, if you elucidate mystical theology by means of the higher forms of contemplation you make the Logos spirit.” IfsMeanChristianFormSpiritMoralTeachingExampleHigherCapacityFleshTheologyContemplationOrthodoxMysticalStandpointMaterialisticLogosMoral Life Author:Maximus the Confessor
“The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal. Some of their most esteemed inventions have no other apparent purpose - for example, the dinner party of more than two, the epic poem, and the science of metaphysics.” HumansTwoHumorSeemsFunnyPurposeHuman BeingsAnimalPartyGreaterExampleCapacityDinnerInventionBoredomBoresEpicMetaphysicsDinner PartyEpic Poems Book:Minority Report Source: Minority Report
“The real problem, if you look at how, for example, Hezbollah got a lot of missiles that are a grave threat to Israel, it's not because they were legal, it's not because somehow that was authorized under international law; it was because there was insufficient intelligence or capacity to stop those shipments.” IfsLooksRealProblemLawExampleCapacityThreatInternationalIsraelGravesMissilesReal ProblemsInsufficientInternational LawHezbollah Author:Barack Obama
“There is, perhaps, one universal truth about all forms of human cognition: the ability to deal with knowledge is hugely exceeded by the potential knowledge contained in man's environment. To cope with this diversity, man's perception, his memory, and his thought processes early become governed by strategies for protecting his limited capacities from the confusion of overloading. We tend to perceive things schematically, for example, rather than in detail, or we represent a class of diverse things by some sort of averaged "typical instance.” MenHumansFormProcessMemoriesAbilityDealsClassEnvironmentExampleDiversityPerceptionCapacityUniversalStrategyDetailsConfusionInstancePerceiveDiverseTypicalCognitionThought ProcessUniversal Truth Book:On Knowing: Essays for the Left Hand Source: On Knowing: Essays for the Left Hand
“The different political systems, religions and social habits demonstrate that the same brain can be tuned in different manners. But the tuning capacity is limited. We can never feel as a jaguar, for example. We can imagine a man who believes or who intends to be a jaguar, but to intend is not the same as to be. We can have other ideologies, but we will continue restricted by the nature of our brain and of our body.” MenFeelsBelieveDifferentBodyPoliticalSocialBrainImagineExampleHabitCapacityIdeologyMannersPolitical SystemsTuningJaguars Author:Rodolfo Llinas
“To stimulate optimal size and strength increases, it's imperative that you regularly attempt the momentarily impossible. For example, if you can curl 100 pounds for a maximum of 10 reps, but never attempt the 11th, your body has no reason to enlarge upon its existing capacity. It is only by regularly attempting to go beyond your existing capacity that inroads are made into your body's reserves.” IfsMadeReasonBodyImpossibleExampleCapacityIncreaseSizeYour BodyNo ReasonPoundsReservesMaximumAttemptingImperativesCurlsOptimal Author:Mike Mentzer
“As president, I watched in wonder as Nelson Mandela had the remarkable capacity to forgive his jailers following 26 years of wrongful imprisonment - setting a powerful example of redemption and grace for us all.” YearsPresidentPowerfulWonderGraceExampleCapacityForgivingFollowingSettingSettingsRedemptionRemarkableImprisonmentNelsonJailer Author:George H. W. Bush
“Not recognizing natural mind is simply an example of the mind's unlimited capacity to create whatever it wants.” WantMindNaturalExampleCapacityUnlimitedRecognizing Author:Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
“History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.” FirstsHumansWarUseCommunityDifferencesResultsExampleEvidenceCapacityRelationFilledInternationalLocalsTragicResolveInternational RelationsSkillfulDiplomaticHuman WisdomLocal CommunityImpasseDiplomatic Relations Author:Daisaku Ikeda
“I believe that anybody with Mandela's capacity to endure hardship and then forgive is a born leader and example to us all.” BelieveI BelieveBornLeaderExampleCapacityForgivingEndureHardshipBorn LeadersMandela S Author:Rory McIlroy
“There is now a patent restricting the use of an herb called philantis neruri for curing jaundice. An even more blatant example is the use of turmeric for healing wounds, which is something every mother and grandmother does in every home in India. Now the Mississippi Medical Center claims to have "invented" the capacity of turmeric to heal wounds.” DoeUseHomeMotherHealingExampleCapacityIndiaClaimsMedicalWoundsHealGrandmotherHerbsMississippiPatentsMother And GrandmotherJaundice Author:Vandana Shiva