“It is a fundamental fact that no cook, however creative and capable, can produce a dish of a quality any higher than that of its raw ingredients.” FactsQualityCreativeProduceHigherCapableFundamentalsCookingCooksIngredientsDishes Book:Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook Source: Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook
“In its broad sense, civilization means not only comfort in daily necessities but also the refining of knowledge and the cultivation of virtue so as to elevate human life to a higher plane... It refers to the attainment of both material well-being and the elevation of the human spirit, [but] since what produces man's well-being and refinement is knowledge and virtue, civilization ultimately means the progress of man's knowledge and virtue.” MenHumansWellsMeanSpiritVirtueProgressProduceMaterialsHigherComfortCivilizationWell BeingPlanesHuman LifeBroadsHuman SpiritAttainmentRefinementCultivationElevationRefining Author:Fukuzawa Yukichi
“Every existence above a certain rank has its singular points; the higher the rank the more of them. At these points, influences whose physical magnitude is too small to be taken account of by a finite being may produce results of the greatest importance.” MayCertainResultsExistenceTakenInfluenceProduceHigherAccountsImportanceFiniteMagnitude Author:James Clerk Maxwell
“A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.” MenWayInspirationalMeanIdeasSelfProduceHigherAmbitionNobleCompareAspirationAspireVulgarMy AmbitionNoble ManMean Man Author:Marcus Aurelius
“Innocent amusements are such as excite moderately, and such as produce a cheerful frame of mind, not boisterous mirth; such as refresh, instead of exhausting, the system; such as recur frequently, rather than continue long; such as send us back to our daily duties invigorated in body and spirit; such as we can partake of in the presence and society of respectable friends; such as consist with and are favorable to a grateful piety; such as are chastened by self-respect, and are accompanied with the consciousness that life has a higher end than to be amused.” LifeMindLongEndsSelfBodySpiritFunConsciousnessProduceDutyHigherGratefulInnocentSelf RespectCheerfulAmusementRespectablePietyExhaustingAmusedMirthFrame Of MindBoisterous Author:William Ellery Channing
“The daily grinding of evolution, as accelerated by technology, churns out more and more complex organisms, with higher rates of energy use, and with increasing specialization. Minds are the ideal way to express complexity, energy density, increasing specialization, expanding diversity -- all in one system. Mindedness is what evolution produces. Mindedness is what technology wants, too.” WayWantMindUseEnergyTechnologyProduceEvolutionHigherDiversityIdealsComplexesRateComplexityOrganismsExpandingDensitySpecializationEnergy Use Author:Kevin Kelly
“The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.” FeelsUseBodySuccessEnergyGrowthChangeLevelsResultsTalentProduceHigherExerciseStressYour BodyMoving ForwardHockeyFitnessEfficientBad AssOutstandingTime And EnergyHealth And FitnessFitness MotivationalStarting AnewHealth FitnessEnergy LevelsExercise And HealthStrength TrainingExercise HealthInspirational Health And FitnessWellness And FitnessFitness TrainingHealth Is WealthRegular ExerciseBest ExerciseHealth And Beauty Book:Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement Source: Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement