“Instead of a bottom-line based on money and power, we need a new bottom-line that defines productivity and creativity as where corporations, governments, schools, public institutions, and social practices are judged as efficient, rational and productive not only to the extent they maximize money and power, but to the extent they maximize love and caring, ethical and ecological sensitivity, and our capacities to respond with awe and wonder at the grandeur of creation.” NeedsGovernmentSchoolSocialLinesWonderCreativityPracticeCreationCapacityInstitutionsBottomCaringProductivityRationalCorporationsAweProductiveEthicalJudgedEfficientSensitivityBottom LineGrandeurEcologicalMoney And PowerAwe And WonderEmo Love Author:Michael Lerner
“One might say science is the sum total of our knowledge of the universe, the great library of the known, but the practice of science happens at the border between the known and the unknown. Standing on the shoulders of giants, we peer into the darkness with eyes opened not in fear but in wonder.” MightHappensEyeUniverseKnownWonderPracticeDarknessStandingLibraryShouldersBordersGiantsPeers Book:Wonders of the Universe Source: Wonders of the Universe
“I always wonder when people have any kind of spiritual and meditative practice especially if it's one designed in part to help them cope with things that seem unmanageable and to cope with something like death, if they're able to maintain that practice and maintain the equanimity at the time of death whether it's, you know, that person's or that person's loved one.” PeopleIfsKnowsKindPersonsHelpingSeemsAbleSpiritualWonderPracticeLoved OnesEquanimity Author:Laurie Anderson
“It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof.” WonderPracticeDangerPerceiveAshamedMystic Author:Gautama Buddha
“My attitude about teaching has always been the same. From early on, I wanted to make yoga accessible so that anyone, regardless of ability, could experience its wonder, joy, and power. I encourage students to question, learn, and develop their own personal practice.” WantedJoyAbilityAttitudeWonderPracticeTeachingStudentsYogaMy AttitudeEncourage Students Author:David F. Swensen