“True Americanism is practical idealism. Its aims, instead of being materialistic and mechanical, are idealistic to the point of being Utopian. In this way, the U.S. can provide and express ideals that strike a chord in humans everywhere - a declaration of independence on behalf of all the peoples of the world.” WorldWayHumansIdealsAimIndependenceStrikesPracticalsIdealismDeclarationBehalfChordsMaterialisticDeclaration Of IndependenceUtopianIdealisticAmericanismMaterialistic World Author:Maurice Saatchi
“Fundamental physics is like an art more or less. It's completely non-practical, and you can't use it for anything. But it's about the universe and how the world came into being. It's very remote from your daily life and mine, and yet it defines us as human beings.” WorldHumansArtUseUniverseHuman BeingsMinesFundamentalsPhysicsPracticalsDaily Life Author:Yuri Milner
“It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.” PeopleThinkingWorldShouldHumansHardBlackHuman BeingsAssumingPracticalsHolesApplicationQuestsBlack Hole Author:Yuri Milner
“The twentieth century will be chiefly remembered by future generations not as an era of political conflicts or technical inventions, but as an age in which human society dared to think of the welfare of the whole human race as a practical objective.” ThinkingHumansWholeAgePoliticalRaceGenerationsCenturyConflictPracticalsInventionObjectivesErasRememberedWelfareHuman RaceTwentieth CenturyFuture GenerationHuman Society Author:Arnold J. Toynbee
“The practical life of a vast number of people is not, as a matter of fact, worth while at all. It is like an impressive fur coat with no one inside it. One sees many of these coats occupying positions of great responsibility. Hans Andersen's story of the king with no clothes told one bitter and common truth about human nature; but the story of the clothes with no king describes a situation just as common and even more pitiable.” PeopleHumansMatterFactsStoriesCommonNumbersResponsibilitySituationHuman NaturePositionKingsClothesPracticalsBitterRealismCoatsImpressiveFurMatter Of FactGreat ResponsibilityFur CoatsPractical Life Book:Evelyn Underhill: Essential Writings Source: Evelyn Underhill: Essential Writings
“One of the Great Truths of human experience is that we will achieve only what we conceive. Life cannot get better than the picture of life we habitually carry around with us. But if we want to, there is a practical way to look at that picture and change it. Here is the way of the Treasure Map.” IfsWayWantHumansLooksAchieveTreasurePracticalsGet BetterMapsHuman ExperienceVisualization Author:Lisa Hoffman
“Gandhi has sound economic and cultural reasons for encouraging the revival of cottage industries, but he does not counsel a fanatical repudiation of all modern progress. Machinery, trains, automobiles, the telegraph have played important parts in his own colossal life! Fifty years of public service, in prison and out, wrestling daily with practical details and harsh realities in the political world, have only increased his balance, open-mindedness, sanity, and humorous appreciation of the quaint human spectacle.” WorldYearsHumansDoeImportantReasonRealityPoliticalSoundProgressEconomicModernIndustryBalanceHumorousPrisonTrainDetailsAppreciationPracticalsFiftyWrestlingSanityHarshMachineryRevivalAutomobilePublic ServiceOpen MindednessCottagesColossalQuaintTelegraphHarsh Reality Author:Paramahansa Yogananda
“Panic: A highly underrated capacity thanks to which individuals are able to indicate clearly that something is wrong. Given their head, most humans panic with great dignity and imagination. This can be called democratic expression or practical common sense.” HumansAbleIndividualGivenImaginationCommonExpressionCapacityDignityDemocraticPracticalsCommon SenseThanksPanicUnderrated Book:The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense Source: The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense