“All our efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue unabated.” IfsNaturalEffortPovertyEnvironmentDevelopmentResourcesEnvironmentalDefeatPursueVainOur EnvironmentDegradationNatural ResourcesSustainable DevelopmentNatural EnvironmentEnvironmental DegradationResource Depletion Author:Kofi Annan
“I think it is a very natural tendency for the nations to increase their influence in the international space, as they pursue their international relations with different countries.” ThinkingDifferentCountryNationsNaturalSpaceInfluenceIncreaseRelationInternationalTendenciesPursueInternational RelationsDifferent Countries Author:Narendra Modi
“(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 natural proclivity of democratic governments is to pursue public policies which concentrate benefits on the well-organized and well-informed, and disperse the costs on the unorganized and ill-informed.” WellsGovernmentNaturalPolicyCostBenefitsDemocraticIllPursueOrganizedPublic PolicyDemocratic Government Author:Peter Boettke
“If we dont continue to pursue alternative, emissions-free energy sources like nuclear fuel, we are at risk of increasing our dependence on costly natural gas.” IfsEnergyNaturalRiskSourceNuclearPursueAlternativesFuelGasDependenceEmissionsNatural GasEnergy Sources Author:Judy Biggert
“There is a natural rhythm to the active and receptive energies within us. At times our energy is strong and outgoing - it is time to pursue our goals, take risks, get things accomplished. At other times, our energy is quiet and sensitive, and we need to take time to nurture ourselves, relax, and just 'be' for a while. As we trust and follow this rhythm, we attract everything we need and create everything we truly desire.” NeedsDesireEnergyStrongGoalNaturalRiskQuietActivePursueRhythmSensitiveAccomplishedRelaxTake TimeNurtureReceptiveOutgoing Author:Shakti Gawain
“I consider it equal injustice to set our heart against natural pleasures and to set our heart too much on them. We should neither pursue them, nor flee them; we should accept them.” ShouldHeartNaturalPleasureAcceptingToo MuchEqualInjusticePursue Book:Complete Essays Source: Complete Essays