“Nature is busy creating absolutely unique individuals, whereas culture has invented a single mold to which all must conform. It is grotesque.” CultureIndividualCreatingUniqueBusyConformMoldGrotesqueUnique Individuals Author:U.G. Krishnamurti
“Why is it that some Christians cross land and sea, continents and cultures, as missionaries? What on earth impels them? It is not in order to commend a civilization, an institution or an ideology, but rather a person, Jesus Christ, whom they believe to be unique.” BelievePersonsEarthChristianOrderCultureJesusChristSeaLandCivilizationUniqueJesus ChristCrossesInstitutionsIdeologyContinentsLand And Sea Book:The Incomparable Christ Source: The Incomparable Christ
“... the connection between imperial politics and culture is astonishingly direct. American attitudes to American "greatness", to hierarchies of race, to the perils of "other" revolutions (the American revolution being considered unique and somehow unrepeatable anywhere else in the world) have remained constant, have dictated, have obscured, the realities of empire, while apologists for overseas American interests have insisted on American innocence, doing good, fighting for freedom.” WorldRealityCultureFightingInterestRaceAttitudeGreatnessRevolutionUniqueDirectConnectionsConstantInnocenceEmpiresHierarchyPerilDoing GoodAmerican RevolutionFighting For FreedomAmerican GreatnessGood Fighting Author:Edward Said
“Florida is a place of unparalleled diversity of backgrounds, experiences and vision. It makes our culture unique, but it can also make it difficult to define a common identity and create a sense of community that reaches beyond our neighborhoods to all corners of our state.” StatesCultureHouseDifficultCommunityCommonVisionIdentityDiversityUniqueCornersBackgroundsNeighborhoodFlorida Author:Jeb Bush
“To be a soulful person means to go against all the pervasive, prove-yourself values of our culture and instead treasure what is unique and internal and valuable in yourself and your own personal evolution.” MeanPersonsGodValuesCultureSpiritualityEvolutionProveUniqueValuableInner PeaceTreasureInternalsSoulfulSpiritual ValuesSpiritual EvolutionProving YourselfPeace Of SoulPersonal Evolution Author:Jean Shinoda Bolen
“You have the need and the right to spend part of your life caring for your soul. It is not easy. You have to resist the demands of the work-oriented, often defensive, element in your psyche that measures life only in terms of output - how much you produce - not in terms of the quality of your life experiences. To be a soulful person means to go against all the pervasive, prove-yourself values of our culture and instead treasure what is unique and internal and valuable in yourself and your own personal evolution.” NeedsMeanPersonsSoulValuesCultureEasyTermQualityProduceEvolutionDemandProveElementsUniqueValuableCaringTreasureYour SoulInternalsLife ExperienceOutputSoulfulProving YourselfPersonal Evolution Author:Jean Shinoda Bolen