“It is no great wonder if in long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidences should spontaneously occur. If the number and variety of subjects to be wrought upon be infinite, it is all the more easy for fortune, with such an abundance of material, to effect this similarity of results.” IfsShouldLongTimeCoursesEasyProcessResultsNumbersWonderSubjectsEffectsMaterialsInfiniteFortuneVarietyAbundanceCoincidenceSimilarity Book:Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans: Top Biography Source: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans: Top Biography
“Therefore if we realize that our nature and destiny are what they should be, we will have no anxiety and will be at ease with ourselves in the face of life or death, prominence or obscurity, or an infinite amount of changes and variations, and will be in accord with principle.” IfsShouldFacesGrowthChangeRealizingPrinciplesDestinyAmountAnxietyInfiniteEaseVariationAccordObscurityLife Or DeathStarting AnewProminence Author:Guo Xiang
“To be hopeful in bad times is based on the fact that human history is not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don't have to wait for some grand Utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayGivingShouldHumansFactsPastRememberHopeEnergyWaitingHuman BeingsCompassionKindnessHistorySacrificeWorstGreatnessVictoryFutureCapacityInfiniteCrueltyHopefulGood TimesOur FutureMarvelousHuman BehaviorHuman HistoryMy FutureSuccessionDefianceBad TimesUtopianPast Present FutureHope For The FutureBright FutureGreat InspirationalHopeful Future Author:Howard Zinn
“In everything, depend upon yourself, but work in harmony with all things. Do not depend even upon the Infinite, but learn to work and live in harmony with the Infinite. The highest teachings of the Christ reveal most clearly the principle that no soul was created to be a mere helpless instrument in the hands of Supreme Power, but that every soul should act and live in perfect oneness with that Power. And the promise is that we all are not only to do the things that Christ did, but even greater things.” ShouldSoulHandsChristPerfectPrinciplesGreaterTeachingDependsPromiseHighestAll ThingsHarmonyInfiniteInstrumentsMereSupremeOnenessHelplessGreater ThingsSupreme Power Book:The Optimist Creed Source: The Optimist Creed
“The many faces of Collective Vision united by the mandalic eye-field suggest both expansion of consciousness and sharing of consciousness with other beings. The painting was based on a profoundly ego dissolving entheogenic mystical trance where I heard the words, 'Infinite Oneness... the Oneness should never forget the Infinitude and the Infinitude should never forget the Oneness...'” ShouldEyeFacesForgetUnitedConsciousnessVisionHeardFieldsPaintingEgoInfiniteOnenessCollectivesNever ForgetExpansionMysticalTranceDissolvingMany Faces Author:Alex Grey
“Man is a fraction of the animal world. Our history is an afterthought, no more, tacked to an infinite calendar. We are not so unique as we should like to believe.” IfsMenWorldNeedsShouldBelieveLittlesMadeAnimalUniqueInfiniteDeeperMarchHorizonFractionsTime Of NeedAnimal WorldAfterthought Author:Robert Ardrey
“In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. In this moment, there is infinite possibility.” ShouldMomentsPossibilityMindfulnessInfinitePlentyInfinite Possibilities Author:Victoria Moran
“It is my firm belief that the infinite and uncontrollable fury of nuclear weapons should never be held in the hands of any mere mortal ever again, for any reason.” ShouldReasonHandsBeliefWeaponsInfiniteMereNuclearMortalsFirmNuclear WeaponsFuryDisarmamentUncontrollableArmamentNuclear BombNuclear DisarmamentFirm BeliefsMere Mortals Author:Mikhail Gorbachev