“Entranced by promises of a material paradise of limitless luxury, humanity has too long ignored the mismatch between the imperatives of our existence as living beings on a finite planet and the imperatives of the institutions of money that chart our path to the future. Created to build colonial empires in service to kings, global corporations are ill suited to the task of building just, sustainable, and compassionate civil societies that nurture sufficiency, partnership, and respect for the whole of life.” LongWholeHumanityExistencePathBuildingPlanetsMaterialsKingsPromiseTasksInstitutionsEnvironmentalIllLuxuryCorporationsParadiseEmpiresCompassionateSustainabilityPartnershipNurtureIgnoredFiniteLimitlessImperativesCivil SocietySufficiencyMismatch Author:David Korten
“If anyone removes (one of the) anxieties of this world from a believer, God will remove (one of the) anxieties from him on the Day of Resurrection; if one smoothes the way for one who is destitute, God will smooth the way for him in this world and the next; and if anyone conceals the faults of a Muslim, God will conceal his faults in this world and the next. God helps a man as long as he helps his brother. If anyone pursues a path in search of knowledge God will thereby make easy for him a path to paradise.” IfsMenWorldWayLongHelpingNextEasyKnowledgePathThis WorldBrotherAnxietyFaultsIslamBelieverGods WillPursueParadiseRemoveResurrectionSmoothGod HelpDestitute Author:Elijah Muhammad
“Through sex, mankind may attain the great spiritual illumination which will transform the world, which will light up the only path to earthly paradise.” WorldMayLightSpiritualSexPathMankindParadiseIlluminationLight UpGreat Spiritual Book:The Pivot of Civilization in Historical Perspective: The Birth Control Classic Source: The Pivot of Civilization in Historical Perspective: The Birth Control Classic
“Like William Morris, Joe Hollis asks us to perceive paradise gardening as a juncture where artfulness directly serves life. In fact, we might go so far as to define this paradise as the place where art is indistinguishable from life, and where simplicity is codified as the best path for achieving happiness.” LifeArtFactsMightHappinessAsksPathAchieveArt IsSimplicityPerceiveParadiseGardeningMorrisJunctureAchieving Happiness Author:Jim Nollman