“Science is not ... a perfect instrument, but it is a superb and invaluable tool that works harm only when taken as an end in itself.” EndsSciencePerfectTakenToolsInstrumentsHarmInvaluableSuperb Author:Carl Jung
“Fashion can be a really powerful tool, but it's also a place where you can be totally humiliated and have your power taken from you.” PowerfulTakenFashionToolsHumiliatedReally Powerful Author:Grimes
“Youngsters inspired by Maoism have taken the gun and are spilling blood on streets, but our land needs the colour of progress not the colour of blood. Maoists must not have the gun in their hands, instead they must have agriculture tools and pens so that they can serve others. Raasta kalam, hal aur pasine ka hai, khoon ka nahi.” NeedsHandsMotivationTakenProgressBloodStreetsLandGunToolsInspiredColourPensAgricultureYoungstersSpilling Author:Narendra Modi
“Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power, the utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God's creation. Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.” MenWorldNeedsAgePurposeAnimalTakenCreationResourcesToolsEnvironmentalSatisfactionBoxesChiefsMeritStewardshipAttainmentUsefulnessGod's CreationUtilizationTool Boxes Book:God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism Source: God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism
“Although an increasing number of humans are undergoing a process of awakening, identification with thinking is still the prevalent state of consciousness. Thinking is potentially a powerful tool, but it has taken us over, and a lot of it is dysfunctional and negative.” ThinkingHumansStillsStatesProcessPowerfulNumbersConsciousnessTakenNegativeToolsAwakeningIdentificationStates Of Consciousness Author:Eckhart Tolle
“I wrote Normal Life using concepts that have been helpful to me, and hoping to offer those as accessible tools for thinking differently about the pitfalls trans resistance faces, in particular the temptation to focus on legal equality and the limitations of that approach, and the alternative approaches being taken by racial and economic justice focused trans activists.” ThinkingHas BeensFacesJusticeTakenFocusEconomicParticularOffersNormalApproachConceptsToolsFocusedResistanceTemptationAlternativesLimitationHelpfulActivistTransNormal LifePitfallsEconomic JusticeThinking Differently Author:Dean Spade
“The man who has successfully solved the problem of his relations with the two worlds of data and symbols is a man who has no beliefs. With regard to the problems of practical life he entertains a series of working hypotheses, which serve his purposes, but are taken no more seriously than any other kind of tool or instrument. In other words, symbols should never be raised to the rank of dogmas, nor should any system be regarded as more than a provisional convenience.” MenWorldShouldKindTwoProblemPurposeBeliefTakenHe ManToolsRelationRegardInstrumentsSeriesRaisedPracticalsSymbolsDataDogmaHypothesisConvenienceTwo WorldsPractical Life Author:Aldous Huxley
“The entertainment industry, the advertising industry have taken [the] tools from the art world and made themselves much more politically potent. We are really devastated and very impotent right now. A photographer just working for an advertising company has a platform to be much more politically effective in the world than an artist.” WorldArtMadeArtistCompanyTakenIndustryRight NowToolsPhotographerEntertainmentAdvertisingPlatformsArt WorldDevastatedEntertainment IndustryAdvertising Industry Author:Jeff Koons
“What we need to do, is restore those tools that have been taken away by the president [Barack Obama] and others, restore those tools to the NSA and to our entire surveillance and law enforcement community.” NeedsHas BeensLawPresidentCommunityTakenToolsBarackLaw EnforcementEnforcementSurveillancePresident Barack ObamaNsa Author:Chris Christie