“We see that there are two different kinds of...societies: (a) parasitic societies and (b) producing societies. The former are those which live from hunting, fishing, or merely gleaning. By their economic activities they do not increase, but rather decrease, the amount of wealth in the world. The second kind of societies, producing societies, live by agricultural and pastoral activities. By these activities they seek to increase the amount of wealth in the world.” WorldKindTwoDifferentWealthEconomicAmountActivityIncreaseFormerFishingLive ByHuntingDifferent KindsDecreaseGleaning Book:The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis Source: The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis
“Even tiny children looking at a picture book are using their imaginations, gleaning clues from the images to understand what is happening, and perhaps using the throwaway details which the illustrator includes to add their own elements to the story.” ChildrenBookStoriesImaginationElementsHappeningsAddDetailsTinyCluePicture BooksIllustratorsGleaning Author:Philip Reeve
“Gleaning is getting things that are abandoned. I did not abandon my early pictures, my photos, my early films. It's just going through my body of work as something I can pick from.” I CanBodyFilmPicksAbandonAbandonedGleaning Author:Agnes Varda
“The Hebrew Bible contains multiple provisions to ensure that no one would go hungry. The corners of the field, forgotten sheaves of grain, gleanings that drop from the hands of the gleaner, and small clusters of grapes left on the vine were to be given to the poor.” HandsLeftGivenPoorFieldsForgottenCornersHungryGrainMultipleProvisionGrapesHebrewVinesClustersHebrew BibleGleaning Author:Jonathan Sacks
“The hungry men were seen, followed by their valets, roaming the quais and guards' quarters; gleaning from their outside friends all the dinners they could find; for, according to Aramis, in prosperity one should sow meals right and left, in order to harvest some in adversity.” MenShouldOrderLeftAdversityProsperityDinnerHungryMealsQuartersHarvestRoamingValetHungry ManGleaning Book:The Three Musketeers: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Source: The Three Musketeers: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“Life without meaning cannot be borne. We find a mission to which we're sworn -or answer the call of Death's dark horn. Without a gleaning of purpose in life, we have no vision, we live in strife, -or let blood fall on a suicide knife.” PurposeFallDarkAnswersVisionBloodSuicideMissionsPurpose Of LifeKnivesStrifeSuicidalHornsGleaning Author:Dean Koontz
“I was very new to working in front of the camera when I started shooting Gatsby, so I set myself the mission of gleaning as much information as possible out of the much more experienced actors. The cast was astoundingly talented.” ActorsFrontsInformationCamerasCastsMissionsShootingGleaning Author:Elizabeth Debicki
“Regarding the passage on p. 163 of the 'Gleanings': The creatures which Bahá'u'lláh states to be found on every planet cannot be considered to be necessarily similar or different from human beings on this earth. Bahá'u'lláh does not specifically state whether such creatures are like or unlike us. He simply refers to the fact that there are creatures on every planet. It remains for science to discover one day the exact nature of these creatures.” HumansDoeDifferentStatesFactsEarthFoundHuman BeingsPlanetsOne DayCreaturesRemainsPassagesGleaning Author:Shoghi Effendi