“People would do well to ask themselves how many of their ambitions and aspirations derive from the type of economic system they inhabit and the insecurity and exhaustion it creates, and question the sense and purpose of a society where control of a large portion of life is abdicated under contract in the labour market, and where immense creativity and potential is stifled by the need to do difficult and repetitive tasks in order to earn a wage.” PeopleNeedsWellsLife IsPurposeOrderAsksDifficultCreativityEconomicTypeAmbitionTasksAspirationLabourInsecurityContractsPortionsImmenseExhaustionEconomic SystemsRepetitive Author:Tony Benn
“If you feel some tremendous pressure to do everything perfectly so you won't have a horrible incarnation in your next life - that type of fear is unnecessary. Life is not that finicky.” IfsFeelsLife IsNextTypePressureHorribleUnnecessaryRebirthIncarnationNext Life Author:Frederick Lenz
“A society which makes provision for participation in its good of all its members on equal terms and which secures flexible readjustment of its institutions through interaction of the different forms of associated life is in so far democratic. Such a society must have a type of education which gives individuals a personal interest in social relationships and control, and the habits of mind which secure social changes without introducing disorder.” GivingMindDifferentFormLife IsIndividualSocialTermInterestTypeHabitEqualMembersInstitutionsDemocraticSecureDisorderInteractionIntroducingParticipationSocial ChangeFlexibleProvisionHabits Of MindPersonal InterestSocial Relationships Book:Democracy And Education Source: Democracy And Education
“Compared with more emotional types, Vermonters seem to have few passions. But those they have are great and burning. The greatest is their conviction that without freedom human life is not worth living.” HumansSeemsLife IsPassionEmotionalTypeConvictionBurningHuman LifeWorth LivingVermontLife Is Not Worth Living Book:Vermont Tradition: The Biography of an Outlook on Life Source: Vermont Tradition: The Biography of an Outlook on Life