“The deliberate expansion of means and methods does not automatically bring a new dimension of value.” MeanDoeValuesMethodDimensionsExpansionDeliberate Author:Pierre Alechinsky
“Every expansion of civilization makes for peace. In other words, every expansion of a great civilized power means a victory for law, order, and righteousness. ...It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world.” PeopleWorldGivingMeanLawOrderPolicyVictoryCivilizationCivilizedRighteousnessForeign PolicyExpansion Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“All birth means separation from the All, the confinement within limitation, the separation from God, the pangs of being born ever anew. The return into the All, the dissolution of painful individuation, the reunion with God means the expansion of the soul until it is able once more to embrace the All.” MeanSoulAbleBornReturnBirthEmbracePainfulSeparationLimitationExpansionReunionDissolutionConfinementIndividuation Book:Steppenwolf Source: Steppenwolf
“Unfortunately, once an economy is geared to expansion, the means rapidly turn into an end and "the going becomes the goal." Even more unfortunately, the industries that are favored by such expansion must, to maintain their output, be devoted to goods that are readily consumable either by their nature, or because they are so shoddily fabricated that they must soon be replaced. By fashion and built-in obsolescence the economies of machine production, instead of producing leisure and durable wealth, are duly cancelled out by the mandatory consumption on an even larger scale.” MeanEndsTurnsGoalWealthEconomyFashionIndustryBuiltMachinesProductionsScalesGoodsLeisureDevotedConsumptionReplacedExpansionOutputObsolescence Book:THE CITY IN HISTORY Source: THE CITY IN HISTORY
“The only justifiable stopping place for for the expansion of altruism is the point at which all whose welfare can be affected by our actions are included within the circle of altruism. This means that all beings with the capacity to feel pleasure or pain should be included; we can improve their welfare by increasing their pleasures and diminishing their pains.” FeelsShouldMeanActionPainPleasureCapacityCirclesWelfareAffectedExpansionAltruismStoppingOur Actions Book:The expanding circle: ethics and sociobiology Source: The expanding circle: ethics and sociobiology