“Picking winners among the many young companies seeking money is a tough business, even for the most sophisticated investors. Indeed, most professionally run venture funds lose money. For individuals, it's pure folly. Buy a lottery ticket instead. Your chance of winning is likely to be higher.” RunningYoungWinningIndividualLosesChanceCompanyHigherPureToughSeekingWinnerFollyFundInvestorsSophisticatedTicketsVentureLotteryLottery Ticket Author:Steven Rattner
“The word of God is definitely above culture, in terms of what or who should have authority in our lives. However, we must remember that we are within culture, and our calling in Christ is to play our part in the redemption and transformation of individuals and cultures. I believe the recent history of the religious subculture teaches all too clearly that unless we are moving forward in seeking the genuine transformation of culture, then we are standing still and it is transforming us.” ShouldBelieveStillsPlayRememberMovingCultureIndividualI BelieveTermChristReligiousChristianityTeachOur LivesCallingAuthorityStandingShould HaveTransformationSeekingGenuineMoving ForwardRedemptionWord Of GodTransformingStanding StillSubculture Author:Steve Scott
“Ramakrishna didn't suddenly become enlightened. We had years of him meditating, seeking, crying to Mother Kali, going in and out of samadhi; but after many years of this process, he was enlightened. He was no longer a finite individual.” YearsMotherIndividualProcessCrySeekingEnlightenedHinduismFiniteMeditatingSamadhiKali Author:Frederick Lenz
“We have to shift our understanding of ourselves as separate individuals, each seeking our own welfare, to an understanding of how we fit into social, biological, and physical environments.” IndividualSocialUnderstandingEnvironmentFitSeekingWelfare Author:Robert E. Ornstein
“Man is not the enemy of man, but through the medium of a false system of Government. Instead, therefore, of exclaiming against the ambition of kings, the exclamation should be directed against the principle of such governments; and instead of seeking to reform the individual, the wisdom of a nation should apply itself to reform the system.” MenShouldGovernmentIndividualNationsEnemyPrinciplesKingsAmbitionSeekingMediumsReformExclamationSystems Of Government Book:Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution Source: Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution
“What's true for us as individual humans is true for the civilization we create: a sprint culture, seeking ever greater speed and power in all things cannot endure.” HumansCultureIndividualGreaterCivilizationAll ThingsEndureSeekingSpeedSprint Author:Ed Ayres
“Seeking those elusive individuals is like mining for rare gems. It will take hard work, patience, and a persistent attitude. To find that rich seam of colourful stones, you will have to chip through dirt and rock. You will have to learn how to hold rubble in your hands and see the fortune inside.” HardHandsIndividualAttitudeRichRocksHard WorkStonesFortuneSeekingDirtChipsPersistentElusiveGemsMiningRubbleColourful Author:Chris Murray
“The average individual spends many, many lifetimes meditating and seeking and chewing bubblegum and doing things like that to attain the experience of samadhi.” IndividualLifetimeAverageSeekingMeditatingSamadhiChewing Author:Frederick Lenz
“Developed countries will always welcome the Einsteins of this world - those individuals whose talents are already recognized and deemed to have value. This welcome doesn't usually extend to the poor and uneducated people seeking to enter the country. But the truth, supported by the facts of history and the richness of immigrant contribution to America's distinction in the world, is that the most entrepreneurial, innovative, motivated citizen is the one who has been given an opportunity and wants to repay the debt.” PeopleWorldWantHas BeensCountryFactsAmericaValuesOpportunityIndividualGivenPoorTalentThis WorldCitizensSeekingDebtWelcomeContributionDistinctionImmigrantsMotivatedInnovativeRichnessEntrepreneurialUneducatedDeveloped Country Author:Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
“Ultimately, we are not seeking others to bow to, but to reinforce our individual natures, to help us suffer our own choices, to guide us on our own particular journeys.” HelpingSufferingChoicesIndividualJourneyParticularSeekingGuidesBows Author:Patti Smith