“We get so involved with the latest craze or having the latest car or the most high-powered house that we lose touch with that which makes us happy - what makes us happy are quiet states of mind.” InspirationalMindStatesHouseLosesCarBuddhismInvolvedQuietState Of MindCraze Author:Frederick Lenz
“Most persons think that a state in order to be happy ought to be large; but even if they are right, they have no idea of what is a large and what a small state.... To the size of states there is a limit, as there is to other things, plants, animals, implements; for none of these retain their natural power when they are too large or too small, but they either wholly lose their nature, or are spoiled.” IfsThinkingPersonsIdeasStatesOrderLosesNaturalAnimalOughtLimitsPlantSizeNo IdeaConsumerismSpoiledOverconsumption Book:The Essential Aristotle Source: The Essential Aristotle
“Seventeen years after the Cold War, how can it be in the Unites States' national security interest for the President of Russia to have only a few minutes to decide whether to fire his nuclear weapons or lose them in response to what could be a false warning?” YearsWarStatesPresidentInterestLosesFireMinutesSecurityPolicyColdWeaponsResponseNuclearRussiaWarningNuclear WeaponsCold WarNational SecuritySeventeenNuclear Bomb Author:Sam Nunn
“When a child loses his parent, they are called an orphan. When a spouse loses her or his partner, they are called a widow or widower. When parents lose their child, their isn't a word to describe them. This month recognizes the loss so many parents experience across the United States and around the world. It is also meant to inform and provide resources for parents who have lost children due to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, stillbirths, birth defects, SIDS, and other causes.” WorldChildrenStatesLostCausesParentLosesLossUnitedUnited StatesMonthsBirthResourcesDuesPartnersAround The WorldPregnancySpouseDefectsWidowsOrphanMiscarriageSidsStillbirthBirth DefectsLost ChildWidowers Author:Ronald Reagan
“If we lose our wilderness, we have nothing left, in my opinion, worth fighting for; or to be more exact, a completely industrialized United States is of no consequence to me.” IfsStatesFightingLeftLosesUnitedOpinionUnited StatesConsequenceWildernessWorth Fighting For Author:Aldo Leopold
“Let us not lose the Bible, but with diligence, in fear and invocation of God, read and preach it. While that remains and flourishes, all prospers with the state; 'tis head and empress of all arts and faculties. Let but divinity fall, and I would not give a straw for the rest.” GivingArtStatesFallLosesRemainsDivinityFacultyDiligenceStrawsInvocationEmpresses Book:The Table Talk of Martin Luther Source: The Table Talk of Martin Luther