“Science is triumphant with far-ranging success, but its triumph is somehow clouded by growing difficulties in providing for the simple necessities of human life on earth.” HumansEarthSimpleGrowingDifficultyTriumphHuman LifeProvidingTriumphantClouded Author:Barry Commoner
“Whenever I attempt to frame a simple idea of time, abstracted from the succession of ideas in my mind, which flows uniformly, and is participated by all beings, I am lost and embrangled in inextricable difficulties.” MindIdeasLostSimpleFlowDifficultySuccessionSimple Ideas Book:Berkeley: Philosophical Writings Source: Berkeley: Philosophical Writings
“Our young people are diseased with the theological problems of original sin, origin of evil, predestination, and the like. These never presented a practical difficulty to any man,--never darkened across any man's road, who did not go out of his way to seek them. These are the soul's mumps, and measles, and whooping- coughs, and those who have not caught them cannot describe their health or prescribe a cure. A simple mind will not know these enemies.” PeopleKnowsMenWayMindSoulProblemYoungEvilSinSimpleEnemyWorryYouthDifficultyOriginalsCaughtPracticalsCuresTheologicalOriginal SinDiseasedPredestinationMeaslesWhooping CoughSimple Minds Book:Essays Source: Essays
“Everything in war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult. The difficulties accumulate and end by producing a kind of friction that is inconceivable unless one has experienced war. ... Countless minor incidents - the kind you can never really foresee - combine to lower the general level of performance, so that one always falls short of the intended goal.” KindWarEndsFallDifficultGoalSimpleLevelsPerformancesDifficultyMinorsSimplestIncidentsFriction Author:Carl von Clausewitz
“The basic cause of all our difficulties is immaturity. That's why I talk so much about peace within ourselves as a step toward peace in our world. If we were mature, war would not be possible and peace would be assured. In our immaturity we do not know the laws of the universe, and we think evil can be overcome by more evil. One symptom of our immaturity is greed, making it difficult for us to learn the simple lesson of sharing.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldWarWould BeLawUniverseEvilCausesDifficultSimpleStepsLessonsOvercomingDifficultyGreedMatureOur WorldSymptomsAssuredImmaturityPeace Within Author:Peace Pilgrim
“Nothing can astound an American. It has often been asserted that the word "impossible" is not a French one. People have evidently been deceived by the dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple; and as for mechanical difficulties, they are overcome before they arise.” PeopleAmericaEasySimpleImpossibleOvercomingDifficultyAriseDeceivedDictionary Book:From the Earth to the moon (low cost). Limited edition Source: From the Earth to the moon (low cost). Limited edition