“You hear the beginning of a melody, you should kind of know it's going to lead down this path. It should start feeling like a friend, like familiar.” KnowsShouldKindFeelingsPathFamiliarMelody Author:Danny Elfman
“It's important if you can do good with power. And Jesus defined power, true power is to serve, to do service, to do the most humble services, and I must still make progress on this path of service because I feel that I don't do everything I should do. That's the sense I have of power.” IfsFeelsShouldStillsImportantJesusCan DoPathProgressHumbleDefinedTrue Power Author:Pope Francis
“The follow your dreams thing is really important because so many people are railroaded into taking other paths by their family, their friends, people who should be supportive going, 'What are you talking about?' Even just seemingly regular career paths, but if it's not what people expect for you they kind of react funny.” PeopleIfsShouldKindImportantDreamFunnyTalkingCareersPathYour DreamsSupportiveFollow Your DreamsCareer Path Author:Joan Jett
“I think somebody who is more self-reflective should ask why they personally aren't going on that path. If amateurism is so great, why didn't you stay one? You have to look at the larger economy, a backdrop of unemployment; it's shitty out there.” IfsThinkingShouldLooksSelfAsksEconomyPathUnemploymentBackdrop Author:Astra Taylor
“Senator [Ben] Sanders and I share some very big progressive goals. I've been fighting for universal healthcare for many years, and we're now on the path to achieving it. I don't want us to start over again. I think that would be a great mistake, to once again plunge our country into a contentious debate about whether we should have and what kind of system we should have for healthcare.” ThinkingWantShouldYearsKindCountryBigsWould BeFightingGoalMistakePathShareAchieveShould HaveUniversalDebateOur CountryProgressiveHealthcareSenatorsWant UStarting OverPlungeGreat MistakesContentious Author:Hillary Clinton
“People on a spiritual path - personal growth, spiritual practice, recovery, yoga and so forth - are the last people who should be sitting out the social and political issues of our day. And there’s an important reason for this: People on such journeys are adepts at change. They know that the mechanics of the heart and mind are the fundamental drivers of transformation.” PeopleKnowsShouldMindHeartImportantReasonLastsSpiritualPoliticalSocialGrowthPracticePathIssuesJourneyYogaSittingTransformationFundamentalsPersonal GrowthRecoveryDriversMechanicHeart And MindSpiritual PathSpiritual PracticePolitical Issues Author:Marianne Williamson
“I have criticized foreign policy, but that does not mean that we should agree with everything. Indeed, we criticize a lot of things, we think that our partners make many mistakes [may be we make mistakes too, no one is immune to making mistakes], but as for the economy, I repeat that, in my opinion, the European Commission and the leading European economies are acting very pragmatically and are on the right path.” ThinkingShouldMayMeanDoeActingMistakeOpinionEconomyPathPolicyAgreePartnersRepeatsMaking MistakesCriticizeForeign PolicyImmuneRight PathWe Make Mistakes Author:Vladimir Putin
“The theory that gravitational attraction is inversely proportional to the square of the distance leads by remorseless logic to the conclusion that the path of a planet should be an ellipse .... It is this logical thinking that is the real meat of the physical sciences. The social scientist keeps the skin and throws away the meat.... His theorems no more follow from his postulates than the hunches of a horse player follow logically from the latest racing news. The result is guesswork clad in long flowing robes of gobbledygook.” ThinkingShouldLongRealScienceSocialResultsPathPlayerPlanetsTheoryNewsLogicSkinsScientistHorseDistanceAttractionConclusionMeatLogicalRacingSquaresRobesTheoremsLogical ThinkingHunchesPhysical ScienceRemorselessGuesswork Author:Anthony Standen
“It is well known that obedience is the chief among the initiatory virtues, for first it displaces presumption and then it engenders humility within us. Thus it becomes, for those who willingly embrace it, a door leading to the love of God? Thus humility should be the first concern of those who are fighting against the presumption of the devil, for as we advance it will be a sure guide to all the paths of virtue.” ShouldFirstsWellsChristianFightingKnownVirtuePathDoorsHumilityDevilConcernEmbraceGuidesChiefsObedienceGod LoveOrthodoxWell KnownOrthodox ChristianPresumption Author:Diadochos of Photiki
“The idea of blaming alcohol or drugs or quote-unquote "promiscuity" is a false path. The real issue is that men should not hurt women.” MenShouldIdeasRealHurtPathIssuesDrugBlameAlcoholPromiscuity Author:Jon Shenk
“In the face of the collective action problems that are at the heart of the environmental crisis, consequentialists should seek to inculcate the "green virtues" which includes the virtue of cooperativeness. This would not bring about the best possible world but it would set us on the path of making it better.” WorldShouldHeartProblemActionFacesVirtuePathCrisisGreenEnvironmentalCollectivesCollective ActionEnvironmental Crisis Author:Dale Jamieson
“If marriage isn't something for me, but I like living with someone or being committed, I can choose this other path as long as she's okay with it but I would hardly say that that should be what other people do. Some people want that, that written paper, that commitment and that means something to them. And I don't in the least look down on it.” PeopleIfsWantShouldLooksMeanLongI CanPathWrittenPaperCommitmentOkayCommitted Author:Robert Greene
“People should find what approach really speaks to them, and then do it. Obviously, better with a good teacher, who can help you on the path. But in any case, basic principles.” PeopleShouldHelpingSpeakPrinciplesCasesPathTeacherApproachGood TeacherBasic Principles Author:Tenzin Palmo
“The concept there was that the small number of developed countries within the Commonwealth should provide assistance. This was not just financial but personal, providing experts and so on, to assist less developed members of the Commonwealth to get on the growing path. And that was part of what we did with South Africa.” ShouldCountryNumbersPathGrowingMembersConceptsSouthFinancialExpertsProvidingSouth AfricaAssistanceCommonwealthSmall NumbersDeveloped Country Author:Bob Hawke
“I have two wonderful, supportive and very practical parents who were like, you're really talented and really creative. You should be a lawyer because there's a safe path there. And I knew that I was never going to be a lawyer. And I knew that I wanted to make movies, and I wanted to write shows.” ShouldWritingTwoShowsWantedParentCreativePathWonderfulLike YouSafeLawyerPracticalsSupportive Author:Lin-Manuel Miranda
“If we think that we can somehow gain control of the US government, bring it under popular, enlightened progressive control, preserve a habitable climate, and rein in the dangers of nuclear and other warfare, then we should. However, if we think it's more likely that California can achieve those goals by secession, then we should go down that path. There's no question. It's an absolute moral imperative.” IfsThinkingShouldGovernmentGoalMoralPathAchieveDangerGainsAbsolutesClimateNuclearPreservesCaliforniaEnlightenedProgressiveWarfareImperativesReinsSecession Author:David Swanson