“To play with baubles is our ambition, not to deal with grave questions in a spirit of serious energy. But while we are playing with baubles, with our Legislative Councils, our Simultaneous Examinations, our ingenious schemes for separating the judicial from the executive functions, - while we, I say, are finessing about trifles, the waters of the great deep are being stirred and that surging chaos of the primitive man over which our civilised societies are superimposed on a thin crust of convention, is being strangely and ominously agitated.” MenPlaySpiritEnergyWaterDealsSeriousAmbitionFunctionChaosGravesExecutivesConventionsPrimitiveSchemesCouncilExaminationTriflesJudicialIngeniousSeparatingCivilisedSimultaneousPrimitive ManCivilised Society Author:Sri Aurobindo
“Camels are snobbish and sheep, unintelligent; water buffaloes, neurasthenic-- even murderous. Reindeer seem over-serious.” SeemsWaterSeriousSheepCamelsUnintelligentReindeerSnobbish Book:Complete Poems Source: Complete Poems
“From earliest times, water has always been acknowledged as a primary human good and an indispensable natural resource. Around the great rivers of the world, like the Mississippi, great cultures have developed, while over the course of the centuries the prosperity of countless societies has been linked to these waterways. Today, however, the great fluvial systems of every continent are exposed to serious threats, often as a result of man's activity and decisions.” MenWorldHumansHas BeensTodayCultureCoursesWaterNaturalDecisionResultsCenturySeriousActivityResourcesRiversThreatEnvironmentalProsperityPrimariesExposedContinentsIndispensableLinkedNatural ResourcesMississippi Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Wine give strenght to weary men. and And wine can of their wits the wise beguile. Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile. and Let those who drink not, but austerely dine, Dry up in law; the muses smell of wine. and No poem was ever written by a drinker of water. and Bacchus opens the gate of the heart. and Might to inspire new hopes and powerful To drown the bitterness of cares.” MenGivingHeartMightCareLawWaterPowerfulWiseWrittenInspireSeriousDrinkWineSmellWitDryGatesBitternessMuseWearySageIn-lawsDrinkersDineNew HopeDry UpStrenghtBacchus Author:Homer
“For thirty years, Isreal has been highjacking ships in international waters, killing people, taking hostages, bringing them to Israel, putting them in secret prisons, all with the help of the United States. That's serious piracy.” PeopleYearsHas BeensStatesHelpingWaterUnitedSecretUnited StatesSeriousPrisonKillingInternationalIsraelShipsThirtyThirty YearsHostagePiracy Author:Noam Chomsky
“Egypt's priorities in fact are all related to the environment: food, water, health, energy, employment and education. Egypt is facing some very serious environmental challenges. The country has limited natural resources and has to decide how to manage these to meet the needs of a growing population.” CountryEnergyWaterNaturalChallengesEnvironmentSeriousEnvironmentalPrioritiesManageNatural Resources Author:Mindy Baha El Din