“The current economic crisis...has numerous causes and sends a powerful message about the need for a profound revision of the model of global economic development. It's an acute symptom that is added to other more grave and already well-known ones, such as the continued imbalance between wealth and poverty, the scandal of hunger, the ecological emergency and the problem of unemployment, which has now become general. In this context a strategic re-launching of agriculture appears decisive.” NeedsWellsProblemCausesWealthPowerfulKnownPovertyEconomicLandDevelopmentMessagesModelsCrisisProfoundHungerCurrentsGravesAgricultureUnemploymentWell KnownSymptomsScandalEmergenciesStrategicEcologicalRevisionEconomic DevelopmentImbalanceLaunchingEconomic CrisisWealth And Poverty Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“The message from all quarters is the same: our undisciplined consumption must end. If we continue to gobble up our resources without any regard to stewardship and to spew out our deadly wastes over land, sea, and air, we may well be drawing down the final curtain upon ourselves.” IfsWellsMayEndsAirSeaLandWasteMessagesResourcesRegardEnvironmentalFinalsDrawingQuartersConsumptionCurtainsStewardshipUndisciplined Author:Richard J. Foster
“There are many fans of hard rock music that have been wrongly pigeonholed as apathetic. This music is not music for the elitist coffeehouse culture in SoHo. It' s rock 'n' roll music for kids across the land, and I think that makes it much more subversive in a way, in that it has the form and the function of a powerful, populist music, but it can carry very incendiary messages.” ThinkingWayHas BeensHardKidsFormCulturePowerfulFansLandRocksMessagesMusic IsFunctionRock N RollRock MusicSubversivePopulistElitistApatheticHard RockSohoRock N Roll Music Author:Tom Morello
“As we move forward into this 21st century, we encourage all of you to take a positive step toward universal understanding. Touch people with the message of love. Pray for the peace and happiness of people in all other lands and cultures. Make a commitment to world peace by honoring the earth, honoring its people, and celebrating the unity of the human spirit.” PeopleWorldHumansEarthMovingSpiritCultureUnderstandingStepsLandCenturyPrayingMessagesCommitmentUniversalUnityMoving ForwardCelebrate21st CenturyHuman SpiritPeace And HappinessPray Love Author:Masami Saionji
“Al Qaeda's message that violence, terrorism and extremism are the only answer for Arabs seeking dignity and hope is being rejected each day in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain and throughout the Arab lands.” AnswersViolenceLandMessagesDignitySeekingTerrorismEach DayAlsRejectedSyriaEgyptExtremismAl QaedaLibyaYemenTunisiaBahrain Author:Elliott Abrams
“The great post-Holocaust poet, Paul Celan, said that a poem is a message in a bottle sent out in the not always greatly hopeful belief that somewhere and some time it would wash up on land on heartland perhaps.” SaidBeliefLandPoetMessagesPostsHopefulBottlesHolocaustMessage In A Bottle Author:Edward Hirsch