“If I take things slowly today in order to appreciate life better, and if I take time to listen to the messages that life sends me, then I will have less time to do the things I need to do today. Then tomorrow I will have to do everything that much faster and I will be that much more unable to appreciate life. It is dangerous to stop and smell the roses.” IfsNeedsTodayOrderDangerousTomorrowMessagesAppreciateRoseSmellFasterTake TimeAppreciate Life Author:John S. Hall
“Thomas Gordon, founder of P.E.T. (Parent Effectiveness Training), observed that when children are behaving in a way that interferes with your ability to meet your needs, shouting direct orders to them doesn't work very well. So, he advised sending I messages. That is, a better alternative to, Your room is a disaster area-clean it up this minute, would be something like, I get embarrassed when Mrs. Johnson is visiting and sees your room looking this messy, so I need you to clean it up.” WayNeedsWellsChildrenWould BeOrderParentAbilityRoomsMinutesMessagesTrainingAreasDirectCleanDisasterAlternativesHuman ConditionFoundersInterfereEmbarrassedNeed YouEffectivenessJohnsonMessyVisitingShoutingI Need YouYour Room Author:Ben Yagoda
“I think mothers and daughters are meant to give birth to each other, over and over; that is why our challenges to each other are so fierce; that is why, when love and trust have not been too badly blemished or destroyed, the teaching and learning one from the other is so indelible and bittersweet. We daughters must risk losing the only love we instinctively feel we can't live without in order to be who we are, and I am convinced this sends a message to our mothers to break their own chains, though they may be anchored in prehistory and attached to their own great grandmothers' hearts.” ThinkingGivingFeelsHeartMayMotherOrderChallengesBreakRiskTeachingBirthMessagesLosingDaughterConvincedDestroyedChainsWho We AreGrandmotherFierceOnly LoveBittersweetMother And DaughterTeaching And LearningLove And TrustIndelibleGreat GrandmotherPrehistory Author:Alice Walker
“A painting with a message does not happen by accident. It happens when you place elements in their order of importance.” DoeHappensOrderPaintingElementsMessagesImportanceAccidents Author:Mike Svob
“This Ayah indicates that the pious person should express his love to Allah by believing in His Prophet and following the Message, and through obeying the Prophet, abiding by his orders, leaving what he prohibits and obeying all what Allah has revealed to him, because that is the vivid expression of the practical love that fills his whole entity.” ShouldBelievePersonsWholeOrderExpressionMessagesLeavingFollowingPracticalsProphetEntityHis LoveVividAbidingPiousObeying Author:Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah
“Great leaders don't try to please everyone. Great leaders don't water down their message in order to make the tribe a bit bigger. Instead, they realize that a motivated, connected tribe in the midst of a movement is far more powerful than a larger group could ever be.” TryingOrderBitsWaterRealizingPowerfulLeaderGroupsMovementPleaseMessagesBiggerConnectedMidstMotivatedTribesGreat Leader Book:Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us Source: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
“I'm obviously attuned to pick up mathematics whenever I can see it. But in Mozart there is a lot of conscious use of mathematical symbolism and numbers in order to try and give messages.” GivingTryingI CanUseOrderNumbersMessagesPicksConsciousMathematicsMathematicalSymbolism Author:Marcus du Sautoy
“With Fresh Healthy Vending growing by the day, my role is ever-evolving, just as the company is, and I intend to take on any necessary responsibilities in order to make a positive impact and spread a message we all believe in so strongly.” BelieveOrderResponsibilityCompanyRolesGrowingHealthyMessagesImpactSpreadEvolvePositive Impact Author:Steve Finley
“I think I'm built like a painter. I have friends who are painters and they reflect a similar psychological attitude towards their work. They don't know what's coming next, they just wait for the message, for orders to come and then off they go on their next project.” ThinkingKnowsOrderNextWaitingAttitudeGoes OnProjectsMessagesBuiltPsychologicalPainter Author:John McLaughlin
“The most important message of a crucifix, to me anyway, was how unspeakably cruel supposedly sane human beings can be when under orders from a superior authority.” HumansImportantOrderHuman BeingsAuthorityMessagesSuperiorsSane Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“With the development of industrial capitalism, a new and unanticipated system of injustice, it is libertarian socialism that has preserved and extended the radical humanist message of the Enlightenment and the classical liberal ideals that were perverted into an ideology to sustain the emerging social order.” OrderSocialDevelopmentMessagesEnlightenmentCapitalismIdealsInjusticeLibertarianSocialismIdeologyRadicalHumanistEmergingSocial OrderEnlightenment And Love Book:The Essential Chomsky Source: The Essential Chomsky
“If the CIA is going to disrupt future terrorist attacks, it needs to recruit spies to infiltrate those groups in order to disrupt the terrorist attacks. Not to rely on what you and I are putting in chat messages on Google or Apple.” IfsNeedsOrderGroupsMessagesTerroristRelyApplesGoogleSpyCiaTerrorist AttacksRecruit Author:John Kiriakou
“And the fury in my community was just staggering. The young priests in the parish were behind the message. The older priests weren't necessarily, but they all followed the orders of the cardinal and read the letter. Every Sunday, 2,000 people came to mass at that parish. The following Sunday, the attendance dropped to 200, and never recovered.” PeopleYoungOrderCommunityBehindsMessagesMassLettersFollowingSundayPriestsFuryCardinalsStaggeringParishAttendance Author:Sara Paretsky
“I think a toxic message in a lot of Christianity has been that the self has to be annihilated in order for God to be found. I think that has been a toxic message.” ThinkingHas BeensSelfOrderFoundChristianityMessagesToxic Author:Barbara Brown Taylor
“The gospel is only good news if it gets there on time. I think if we don't deliver this message, it's negligence of the highest order. It would be like if you were walking down the street and a house was on fire and you heard screams coming from inside and you just kept walking. How irresponsible is that? At the very least, call 911 but better yet, you might run in and try to save the people.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingMightWould BeRunningOrderHouseFireHeardStreetsWalkingMessagesNewsHighestScreamGood NewsIrresponsibleNegligence Author:Greg Laurie
“I would not waste five years of my life in order to send to the Israeli readers a simple message such as, "Let us change a policy or stop the settlements," Or, "Let us strive for peace." This is not what it is about.” YearsOrderSimpleFivePolicyReaderWasteMessagesStriveFive YearsIsraeliSettlement Author:Amos Oz
“For the Democrats, they're trying to avoid having the Sanders-Clinton debate over and over again. But, to some degree, they're sentenced to that debate. Clinton is much more embracing of the global economy and the international world order. Sanders and Warren are much less so. And they have got to figure out which side the party is on, if they're going to have a clear message. I think this is probably one you probably can't straddle.” IfsThinkingWorldTryingOrderSidesPartyEconomyClearFiguresDegreesMessagesClintonDemocratInternationalDebateWorld OrderGlobal Economy Author:David Brooks
“We, including many Christians, read the Bible through "eyes" conditioned by, and even accommodated to, modern Western culture plus the influences of messages and ideas from other cultures that are alien to the worldview of the biblical writers. Therefore, in order fully to understand the Bible and allow the Bible to absorb the world (rather than the world - culture - absorb the Bible) we must practice an "archaeology" of the biblical writers' implicit, assumed view of reality.” WorldIdeasRealityEyeChristianOrderCultureViewsPracticeInfluenceModernMessagesWesternIncludingAliensPlusBiblicalWorldviewThrough The EyesImplicitOther CulturesWestern CultureArchaeology Author:Roger E. Olson
“My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life.” WayGivingHandsOrderFunPowerfulBrainExerciseGiving UpMessagesSmartMathFashionableBeing SmartBeing Popular Author:Danica McKellar
“We have that illusion that we are 'deciding' what to make a character do, in order to 'convey our message' or something like that. But, at least in my experience, you are often more like a river-rafting guide who's been paid a bonus to purposely steer your clients into the roughest possible water.” CharacterOrderWaterMessagesIllusionRiversPaidGuidesClientsSteersBonusRafting Author:George Saunders