“True wisdom is to see and understand your relationship with the universe. When you gain that relational knowledge, then you are wise.” WisdomUniverseWiseBuddhismGainsOur RelationshipTrue Wisdom Author:Frederick Lenz
“The optimization of cosmic darkness and of Earth's location within the dark universe that sacrifices neither the material needs of human beings nor their capacity to gain knowledge about the universe reflects masterful engineering at a level far beyond human capability- and even imagination. It testifies of a supernatural, superintelligent, superpowerful, fully deliberate Creator.” NeedsHumansEarthUniverseImaginationDarkHuman BeingsLevelsDarknessSacrificeMaterialsGainsCapacityCreatorCosmicCapabilityEngineeringLocationDeliberateOptimization Author:Hugh Jackman
“A photograph is a universe of dots. The grain, the halide, the little silver things clumped in the emulsion. Once you get inside a dot, you gain access to hidden information, you slide into the smallest event. This is what technology does. It peels back the shadows and redeems the dazed and rumbling past. It makes reality come true.” LittlesDoeRealityPastUniverseTechnologyEventsInformationPhotographyShadowGainsPhotographAccessSilverGrainSmallestSlidesDotsDazed Book:Underworld: A Novel Source: Underworld: A Novel
“It's hard for me to say what would happen if I didn't go to art school. It wasn't that I learned any specific painting or drafting skills at school that I felt I couldn't have taught myself. However there is something quintessentially unique and important that you gain by immersing yourself in ascholastic and creative universe, and being held to certain academic standards while being surrounded by artists of varying disciplines.” IfsArtImportantHardHappensSchoolArtistCertainUniverseFeltCreativeTaughtPaintingDisciplineSkillsUniqueStandardsGainsAcademicArt SchoolDraftingImmersing YourselfAcademic Standards Author:John Dyer Baizley
“Its taken 14 billion years for matter to gain the capacity to become conscious of itself. If this is true, it wouldn't make any sense that the whole point of enlightenment would be to escape from the whole process at the very instant that the universe is beginning to awaken to itself.” IfsLifeYearsMatterWholeWould BeSpiritualityUniverseProcessTakenEvolutionEnlightenmentConsciousGainsCapacityAwakeningBillionsInstant Author:Andrew Cohen
“Others are affected by what I am, and say, and do. So that a single act of mine may spread and spread in widening circles, through a nation or humanity. Through my vice I intensify the taint of vice throughout the universe. Through my misery I make multitudes sad. On the other hand, every development of my virtue makes me an ampler blessing to my race. Every new truth that I gain makes me a brighter light to humanity.” MayHandsLightHumanityUniverseNationsRaceVirtueMinesDevelopmentBlessingGainsMiseryVicesSpreadCirclesAffectedMultitudesBrighter Book:The Works of William E. Channing Source: The Works of William E. Channing