“The firefly is an unassuming insect in the daytime. If you didn't know what it was, you'd think it was nothing special. But at night, the firefly glows with its own light source. The darkness brings out its most beautiful gift. That's an extraordinary talent for an ordinary-looking creature, isn't it?” IfsThinkingKnowsLightBeautifulNightDarknessSpecialTalentSourceCreaturesOrdinaryExtraordinaryInsectsDaytimeFireflyUnassuming Book:Rainshadow Road Source: Rainshadow Road
“The extraordinary genius of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie 100 years ago was their recognition that the great wealth they had amassed could be put to public good and used to solve the complex problems for which there were no other sources of capital.” YearsProblemUsedWealthSourceGeniusYears AgoComplexesExtraordinarySolveRecognitionAndrewPublic GoodCarnegieComplex ProblemsJohn D Rockefeller Author:Judith Rodin
“As we are brought into God's extraordinary kingdom through ordinary means, we are remade, no longer fashioned as competitors for commodities in a world of scarce resources, but as co-sharers with Christ in the circulation of gifts that flows outward from its source without running out.” WorldMeanRunningChristSourceOrdinaryResourcesFlowExtraordinaryKingdomsCommodityCompetitorsScarceCirculationScarce Resources Author:Michael Horton
“Worldwide, the twentieth century has seen the rise of extraordinary concentrations of economic and political power - evoking the people as the source of power while simultaneously privatizing its most meaningful exercise. Democracy always seems to be at least slightly elusive under such conditions.” PeopleSeemsPoliticalDemocracyEconomicConditionsCenturySourceExerciseExtraordinaryMeaningfulConcentrationTwentieth CenturyElusivePolitical PowerMost Meaningful Author:Thomas L. Dumm
“Chocolate is an extraordinary source of key stress-fighting minerals including: magnesium, iron, chromium, vanadium, copper, zinc, manganese, and phosphorus. These minerals favorably influence a woman's hormone system, which explains why chocolate has always been considered important for a woman's monthly cycle.” ImportantFightingInfluenceSourceKeysStressExtraordinaryIncludingIronCyclesChocolateHormonesMineralsCopperMagnesiumPhosphorusZincChromium Author:David Wolfe
“There have been so many individuals who have really put a lot on the line. That they've sacrificed so much to try to protect the principle of source protection in the journalism world. And I think Julian Assange, and WikiLeaks, and Sarah Harrison have really been extraordinary in standing up for that.” ThinkingWorldTryingHas BeensIndividualLinesPrinciplesSourceProtectStandingExtraordinaryProtectionJournalismWikileaksAssange Author:Edward Snowden