“A miracle is a supernatural event, whose antecedent forces are beyond our finite vision, whose design is the display of almighty power for the accomplishment of almighty purposes, and whose immediate result, as regards man, is his recognition of God as the Supreme Ruler of all things, and of His will as the only supreme law.” MenLawPurposeForceResultsVisionEventsDesignAll ThingsMiracleRegardSupremeRecognitionAccomplishmentDisplayRulersAlmightyFinite Author:Abbott Eliot Kittredge
“The evolutionary vision is agnostic in regard to systems in the universe of greater complexity than those of which human beings have clear knowledge. It recognizes aesthetic, moral, and religious ideas and experiences as a species, in this case of mental structures or of images, which clearly interacts with other species in the world's great' ecosystem.” WorldHumansIdeasUniverseReligiousHuman BeingsMoralVisionCasesClearGreaterRegardStructureSpeciesComplexityAestheticAgnosticEcosystems Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“If there is genuine potential for growth, build capacity in advance of demand, as a strategy for creating demand. Hold the vision, especially as regards assessing key performance and evaluating whether capacity to meet potential demand is adequate.” IfsGrowthVisionKeysDemandCreatingCapacityPerformancesRegardStrategyGenuineAdequateAssessing Author:Peter Senge
“I wouldn't claim to know what another person is thinking. I can imagine it, but it's my interpretation, and I try to make that clear. It's my vision of what I think their life is. I don't think there are empirical truths in that regard.” ThinkingKnowsTryingPersonsI CanLife IsVisionClearImagineClaimsRegardInterpretation Author:Cass McCombs
“Deeply versed in history, [John Adams] said over and over that America had no special providence, no special role in history, that Americans were no different from other peoples, that the United States was just as susceptible to viciousness and corruption as any other nation. In this regard, at least, Jefferson's vision has clearly won the day.” SaidDifferentStatesAmericaNationsUnitedVisionRolesUnited StatesSpecialRegardCorruptionProvidenceSusceptible Author:Gordon S. Wood
“The evolutionary vision is agnostic in regard to systems in the universe of greater complexity than those of which human beings have clear knowledge.” HumansUniverseHuman BeingsVisionClearGreaterRegardComplexityAgnosticAgnosticism Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“As historians, we refuse to allow ourselves these vain speculations which turn on possibilities that, in order to be reduced to actuality, suppose an overturning of the Universe, in which our globe, like a speck of abandoned matter, escapes our vision and is no longer an object worthy of our regard. In order to fix our vision, it is necessary to take it such as it is, to observe well all parts of it, and by indications infer from the present to the past.” WellsMatterPastScienceOrderTurnsUniverseVisionPossibilityObjectsRegardRefuseWorthyObservationVainHistorianAbandonedGlobesSpeculationTurn-onIndicationActualitySpecks Author:Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon