“In recent years, hours of work have been reduced, holidays have been increased, the age of entry into employment has gone up, and above all, our general health and expectation of life as a people have markedly improved. It is a natural corollary of these changes that we should work longer and retire later.” PeopleShouldYearsHas BeensAgeHoursNaturalGoneExpectationsEmploymentHolidayRetiringEntry Author:Hugh Gaitskell
“Zen, like life, defies exact definition, but its essence is the experience, moment by moment, of our own existence -- a natural, spontaneous encounter, unclouded by the suppositions and expectations that come between us and reality. It is, if you like, a paring down of life until we see it as it really is, free from our illusions; it is merely a divestment of ourselves until we recognize our own true nature.” IfsMomentsRealityNaturalExistenceIllusionExpectationsEssenceDefinitionsEncountersSpontaneousTrue NatureSuppositionZen Like Author:David Fontana
“This gathered worship, as Quakers call it, is not only absence of noise. Gathered worship springs from the reverent, silent expectation that God will come among the people. The silence deepens as we feel ourselves drawn beautifully to God and each other. Our hearts and souls burst with thanksgiving-a thanksgiving best expressed by silence. Silence growing from awe is the natural human response to hints of the Divine.” PeopleFeelsHumansHeartSoulNaturalSilenceGrowingDivineWorshipSpringExpectationsSilentResponseAbsenceGods WillNoiseAweHintsHeart And SoulQuaker Author:J. Brent Bill
“(Because) the notion of absolute truth is difficult to sustain outside the context of religion, ethical conduct is not something we engage in because it is somehow right in itself but because, like ourselves, all others desire to be happy and to avoid suffering. Given that this is a natural disposition, shared by all, it follows that each individual has a right to pursue this goal. Accordingly, I suggest that one of the things which determines whether an act is ethical or not is its effect on others' experience or expectation of happiness.” DesireSufferingIndividualGivenDifficultGoalNaturalEffectsTruth IsExpectationsEthicsAbsolutesNotionDeterminePursueEthicalDispositionAbsolute Truth Author:Dalai Lama
“The expectation of substantive unity between natural science and social science has faded.... Gone is the cosmic intention of placing man in the universe.” MenUniverseSocialNaturalGoneExpectationsIntentionUnityCosmicFadedSocial ScienceNatural Science Book:Closing of the American Mind Source: Closing of the American Mind
“The progress of the natural sciences in modern times has of course so much exceeded all expectations that any suggestion that there may be some limits to it is bound to arouse suspicion.” MayCoursesNaturalProgressModernLimitsExpectationsBoundsSuspicionSuggestionsNatural ScienceModern Times Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“I find it really interesting that people are shocked by the raw, natural representation of a woman and a man's body. I guess it's subverting our expectations in terms of how we've come to expect women to present themselves when they're being naked. Also the woman's and the man's role is subverted in that image. You'd expect the man to be carrying the woman.” PeopleMenBodyTermNaturalInterestingRolesHe ManExpectationsNakedRepresentationShockedReally Interesting Author:Bat for Lashes