“In Zen we study the will. We learn how to cultivate it, to accumulate will. We use it to direct our actions, and we don't overuse it or abuse it - that's a waste.” UseActionStudyWasteDirectAbuseOur ActionsIntroduction Author:Frederick Lenz
“Mysticism is the study of power, its use, and its abuse. At every moment you are getting stronger or you are growing weaker. At every moment your attention field is increasing or decreasing.” MomentsUseAttentionStudyGrowingFieldsAbuseStrongerMysticismGetting Stronger Author:Frederick Lenz
“The science of the church is neglected for the study of geometry, and they lose sight of Heaven while they are employed in measuring the earth. Euclid is perpetually in their hands. Aristotle and Theophrastus are the objects of their admiration; and they express an uncommon reverence for the works of Galen. Their errors are derived from the abuse of the arts and sciences of the infidels, and they corrupt the simplicity of the gospel by the refinements of human reason.” HumansArtReasonHandsEarthHeavenLosesChurchStudyObjectsAbuseSightMathematicsErrorsSimplicityAdmirationReverenceEmployedNeglectedGeometryUncommonRefinementMeasuringArt And ScienceInfidelHuman ReasonEuclidGalen Book:Delphi Complete Works of Edward Gibbon (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edward Gibbon (Illustrated)
“I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I reflect, and out of all of this I try to form an idea into which I put as much common sense as I can. I shall not speak much for fear of saying foolish things; I will risk still less for fear of doing them, for I am not disposed to abuse the confidence which they have deigned to show me. Such is the conduct which until now I have followed and will follow.” TryingStillsI CanIdeasShowsFormSpeakCommonStudyRiskAbuseFoolishCommon SenseShow Me Author:Marquis de Lafayette
“Studies show that people who abuse animals are far more likely to engage in interpersonal violence. Violent crime rates tend to be higher in areas where slaughterhouses are related, even when controlling for other variables.” PeopleShowsAnimalStudyViolenceCrimeHigherAreasAbuseRateViolentRelatedVariablesSlaughterhousesInterpersonalViolent CrimesCrime Rates Author:Jonathan Balcombe
“Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs, all reduce recidivism, significantly.” JobsStudyDevelopmentDrugSkillsTrainingProgramAbusePrisonMental HealthTreatmentParticipationDrug AbuseInmatesJob TrainingSkills DevelopmentRecidivismVocational TrainingVocational Education Author:Bobby Scott
“We must take the best from the left and the best from the right to devise new strategies for the global twenty-first century. The reluctance of liberal professors to speak out against rampant abuses committed on their side (e.g., suppression of free speech, the excesses of women's studies and French theory) has simply increased the power of the right.” FirstsLeftSpeakSidesStudyCenturyTheorySpeechAbuseTwentiesStrategyCommittedProfessorsExcessFree SpeechSpeaks OutSuppressionReluctance Book:Vamps & Tramps: New Essays Source: Vamps & Tramps: New Essays