“Languages happily restrict the mind to what is of its own native growth and fitted for it, as rivers and mountains bond countries; or the empire of learning, as well as states, would become unwieldy and overgrown.” MindWellsCountryStatesLanguageGrowthMountainRiversNativeEmpiresRivers And Mountains Author:William Hazlitt
“The principal function of form is to advance our understanding. It is the organization of a piece which helps the listener to keep the idea in mind, to follow its development, its growth, its elaboration, its fate.” MindIdeasHelpingFormUnderstandingGrowthPiecesFateDevelopmentOrganizationFunctionPrincipalListeners Author:Arnold Schoenberg
“If you want a cow to be not just a cow but a milk machine, you can do a very good job at that by creating new hormones like the Bovine Growth Hormone. It might make the cow very ill, it might turn it into a drug addict, and it might even create consumer scares about the health and safety aspects of the milk. But we've gotten so used to manipulating objects and organisms and ecosystems for a single objective that we ignore the costs involved. I call this the "monoculture of the mind."” IfsWantMindMightJobsUsedTurnsGrowthCan DoObjectsInvolvedCostDrugCreatingAspectMachinesSafetyVery GoodIllObjectivesConsumersScareMilkCowsOrganismsAddictGood JobEcosystemsHormonesDrug AddictHealth And SafetyMonocultureBovineGrowth Hormones Author:Vandana Shiva
“The romance of circumvention is one of the most destructive forces at work in our society. The American Idol freeway to greatness, Instagramming one's way into popular consciousness with selfies of our ass folds beneath short shorts, human growth hormone and performance-enhancing drugs for athletes, Adderall for the idle mind, reality television that sacrifices our dignity for fifteen lousy minutes.” WayMindHumansRealityRomanceForceGrowthConsciousnessSacrificeMinutesGreatnessTelevisionDrugDignityPerformancesAthleteAssDestructiveOur SocietyIdolsFifteenIdleFoldsHormonesShortsAmerican IdolFreewaysReality TelevisionPerformance Enhancing DrugsGrowth HormonesShort ShortsAdderall Author:Daniel Gillies
“People on a spiritual path - personal growth, spiritual practice, recovery, yoga and so forth - are the last people who should be sitting out the social and political issues of our day. And there’s an important reason for this: People on such journeys are adepts at change. They know that the mechanics of the heart and mind are the fundamental drivers of transformation.” PeopleKnowsShouldMindHeartImportantReasonLastsSpiritualPoliticalSocialGrowthPracticePathIssuesJourneyYogaSittingTransformationFundamentalsPersonal GrowthRecoveryDriversMechanicHeart And MindSpiritual PathSpiritual PracticePolitical Issues Author:Marianne Williamson
“You asked me about Queensland in particular and regional Queensland where our message of jobs and growth is resonating strongly because that's what is on people's mind, and when the election results are in on 2nd July, I'm confident that that message will be translated into the ballot box.” PeopleMindJobsGrowthResultsParticularMessagesElectionBoxesJulyBallotsQueenslandResonatingElection Results Author:George Brandis
“Keep in mind that, when I came in, we had had a crisis that was the worst we've seen since the 1930s, and working with people like Chancellor Merkel, working with the G-20 and other institutions internationally, we were able to stabilize the financial system, stabilize the US economy and return to growth.” PeopleMindAbleGrowthEconomyWorstReturnCrisisInstitutionsFinancial1930sFinancial System Author:Barack Obama
“The greatest economic minds of the 19th century, all of them without exception, considered economic growth as a temporary necessity. When all human needs are satisfied, then we will have a stable economy, reproducing every year the same things. We will stop straining ourselves worrying about development or growth. How naïve they were! One more reason to be reluctant about predicting the future. No doubt they were wiser than me, but even they made such a mistake!” NeedsYearsMindHumansMadeReasonGrowthMistakeWorryEconomyDoubtEconomicCenturyDevelopmentSatisfiedNo DoubtExceptionTemporaryStableWiserEconomic GrowthReluctant19th CenturyHuman NeedsPredictingPredicting The FutureReproducing Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“Because in our boom times, everything is growing, usually, you know, the kind of things that come to mind are Wild, Wild, West, or land grabs, you know, these sorts of things, in order to make something, you know, kind of to grow into the future and to get all the growth that you need to have. So you tend to hire a lot because you're running fast to the future.” KnowsNeedsMindKindRunningOrderGrowsGrowthGrowingLandWestWild WestRunning FastWild Wild West Author:Reid Hoffman
“I think the problem is these basic sort of human values from our - from the beginning, from birth, are not sort of properly nurtured. So then our mind, our brain, through education and also difference of experiences, that eventually, these basic values or what are called dominant, not have the catching up our intelligence, experience growth, that also should grow. Then our life become more human.” ThinkingShouldMindHumansProblemValuesGrowsGrowthDifferencesBrainOur LivesBirthDominantCatchingHuman ValuesCatching Up Author:Dalai Lama
“Let's take Southeast Asia. The last 20, 30 years has been what's called the "Asian Miracle" - fast economic growth, industrial society. It's happening all over, with one exception, which one? The Philippines is the one that can't grow, which the US has been running for 100 years. Is there a correlation? Have you read about it? It comes to mind, at least.” YearsMindHas BeensRunningLastsGrowsGrowthEconomicHappeningsMiracleExceptionAsiaAsianEconomic GrowthPhilippinesCorrelationSoutheast Asia Author:Noam Chomsky
“The writer catches the changes of his mind on the hop. Growth is exciting; growth is dynamic and alarming. Growth of the soul, growth of the mind.” MindSoulGrowthExcitingHops Book:Vita Sackville-West: Selected Writings Source: Vita Sackville-West: Selected Writings
“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.” InspirationalMindBodySchoolPurposeGrowthLearningGrowingTeachingPositiveIntellectualAgingSelf EducationTeaching And LearningLife LearningSchool LifeLifelong LearningStudent LearningPurpose Of EducationStudent MotivationInspirational LearningTeachers Learning From StudentsFirst Day Of SchoolLife TeachesLearning And GrowingSchools And TeachersInspiring StudentsGoing Back To SchoolLearning LifeStudent LifeYou Live You LearnLife TeachingContinuing To Learn Author:Mortimer Adler