“Nobody knows anything. I deal with people in all walks of life, some of whom should have some idea of what they're doing. And they're all clueless. It's astonishing that any bridges stay up, or that planes don't constantly plummet from the sky. It's heartening, in a strange way.” PeopleKnowsWayShouldIdeasWalksDealsSkyStrangeShould HaveBridgesPlanesAstonishingNobody KnowsWalks Of LifeClueless Author:Peter York
“The love of fame is too high and delicate a feeling in the mind to be mixed up with realities, it is a solitary abstraction. * * * A name "fast anchored in the deep abyss of time" is like a star twinkling in the firmament, cold, silent, distant, but eternal and sublime; and our transmitting one to posterity is as if we should contemplate our translation to the skies.” IfsShouldMindFeelingsRealityNamesStarsSkyColdFameEternalSilentDelicateContemplatingSolitarySublimeAbyssAbstractionTranslationsPosterityFirmamentTwinkling Author:William Hazlitt
“We are already engaged in World War III. It is a war against nature, and it is simply no contest. As a result, the threat from the skies is no longer missiles but ozone-layer depletion and global warming. Leaders who assert they will not concede one square meter of national territory to an invader should think of the hundreds of square kilometers of topsoil eroded from their countries each year.” ThinkingWorldShouldYearsWarCountryResultsLeaderSkyLandThreatWar Of The WorldsEngagedGlobal WarmingTerritorySquaresWorld War IiLayersWorld War IContestsMissilesMeterInvadersOzoneOzone LayerTopsoil Author:Norman Myers
“When a builder builds he clears the ground for his new foundations. Then he sees that the basic structure will support the whole. Should we not also clear the mind - at least that part of it that we can reach - of the ruins of past thinking, before building our palace of dharma which will one day reach the sky.” ThinkingShouldMindWholePastSupportClearSkyBuildingOne DayFoundationStructureRuinsPalacesDharmaBuilder Author:Christmas Humphreys