“A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over human lives and broad public values?” GivingHumansCountryPoliticalValuesGainsTablesProfoundFinancialHuman LifeBroadsDeterminismPrecedence Author:William Greider
“We have a lot to gain through furthering stem cell research, but medical breakthroughs should be fundamentally about saving, not destroying, human life. Therefore, I support stem cell research that does not destroy the embryo.” ShouldHumansDoeSupportResearchGainsMedicalSavingCellsHuman LifeDestroyingStemBreakthroughStem CellEmbryosStem Cell ResearchMedical Breakthroughs Author:Michael Steele
“The realms of good fortune and calamity in human life are all made of thoughts and imaginings. Therefore Buddhists say that the burning of desire for gain is itself a pit of fire, while drowning in greedy love is itself a bitter sea. The moment thoughts are pure, fierce flames become a pond; the moment you become aware, the boat has arrived on the further shore. If your thoughts vary at all, your world will immediately differ, so can we not be careful?” IfsWorldHumansMadeMomentsDesireLove IsFireSeaPureGainsFortuneCarefulBitterBoatBuddhistBurningHuman LifeFlamesRealmsTaoismShoreBe CarefulFierceGreedyPitsDrowningCalamityGood FortuneVaryPonds Author:Zicheng Hong
“More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance for political gain. My first response is that if you cannot trust a party on the value of defending human life, how can you trust it on issues like marginal tax rates?” IfsFirstsHumansPoliticalValuesPartyIssuesPoliticianRepublicanTaxesGainsWeakResponseRateHuman LifeAbandonRepublican PartyPro LifeStanceAnalysts Author:Gary Bauer
“An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment.” WorldHumansHas BeensDesireInterestTakenGainsPossessionInstancePermanentHuman LifeGoodsAnxiousFierceCravingMomentaryUnrestEnrichment Author:Felix Adler
“We, or at least I, can have no conception of human life and human thought in a hundred years or fifty years. Perhaps my greatest wisdom is the knowledge that I do not know. The sad ones are those who waste their energy in trying to hold it back, for thy can only feel bitterness in loss and no joy in gain.” KnowsFeelsTryingYearsHumansI CanJoyEnergyLossWasteHundredGainsHuman LifeFiftyConceptionBitternessHuman ThoughtGreatest Wisdom Book:Travels with Charley in Search of America Source: Travels with Charley in Search of America