Currents Quotes - Page 21

• Retrospective analysis is not a useful guide to current problems.

  David Ignatius

  Analysis, Problem, Guides

  4 Copy quote

• The reflection, the verisimilitude, of life that shines in the fleshly cells from the soul source is the only cause of man's attachment to his body; obviously he would not pay solicitous homage to a clod of clay. A human being falsely identifies himself with his physical form because the life currents from the soul are breath-conveyed into the flesh with such intense power that man mistakes the effect for a cause, and idolatrously imagines the body to have life of its own.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Mistake, Men, Reflection

  Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda (2008). “Autobiography of a Yogi”, p.472, Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.

  25 Copy quote

  Show source

• Evolution does not isolate us from the rest of the Kosmos, it unites us with the rest of the Kosmos: the same currents that produced birds from dust and poetry from rocks produce egos from ids and sages from egos.

  Ken Wilber

  Rocks, Dust, Bird

  Ken Wilber (2000). “Integral Psychology”, p.192, Shambhala Publications

  25 Copy quote

  Show source

• It is in the union of the Ascending and the Descending currents that harmony is found, and not in any war between the two. It seems that only when the Ascending and the Descending are united can both be saved. And if we - if you and I - do not contribute to this union, then it is very possible that not only will we destroy the only Earth we have, we will forfeit the only heaven we might otherwise embrace.

  Ken Wilber

  War, Two, Heaven

  Ken Wilber (2007). “A Brief History of Everything”, p.19, Shambhala Publications

  17 Copy quote

  Show source

• Pastoral theology and care helps people look deeper at the intersection between their inherited religious traditions and their current life situations. From this vantage point, religious traditions can be reinterpreted in a manner that assists healing, corrects distortions, and expands vision.

  Larry Graham

  Religious, Healing, People

  6 Copy quote

• It is a tricky business to know when you should set goals and objectives in order to achieve a focus, and when you would be better off dealing with the acceptance and management of your current reality so you can later step into new directions and responsibilities with greater stability and clarity. Only you will know the answer to that, and only in the moment.

  David Allen

  Responsibility, Acceptance, Reality

  David Allen (2008). “Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life”, p.192, Penguin

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• By overhauling current rules and speeding the entry of competitors in the market, we encourage competition and provide our constituents with new choices and cheaper bills.

  Melissa Bean

  Choices, Competition, Bills

  16 Copy quote

• Lying and war are always associated. Listen closely when you hear a war-maker try to defend his current war: If he moves his lips he's lying.

  Philip Berrigan

  War, Lying, Moving

  27 Copy quote

• I don't know what people find or like in me, I'm hopelessly commonplace!... Current appreciation of my work is a bit highbrow, I've always considered myself a popular artist.

  Maxfield Parrish

  Appreciation, Artist, People

  Maxfield Parrish, Alma Gilbert-Smith, Joyce Stoner, Trust for Museum Exhibitions (2005). “Maxfield Parrish: master of make-believe”, Philip Wilson Publishers

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• At Rome there were nothing even vaguely resembling modern political parties - although given the stifling impact of these, this may well have made it more rather than less democratic than many countries today - and each candidate for office competed as an individual. Only rarely did they advocate specific policies, although commenting on issues of current importance was more common. In the main voters looked more for a capable individual who once elected could do whatever the State required.

  Adrian Goldsworthy

  Country, Party, Rome

  6 Copy quote

• The Spirit of Cities presents a new approach to the study of cities in which the focus is placed on a city's defining ethos or values. The style of the book is attractively conversational and even autobiographical, and far from current social science positivism. For a lover of cities--and perhaps even for one who is not--The Spirit of Cities is consistently good reading.

  Nathan Glazer

  Book, Reading, Ethos

  7 Copy quote

• I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new government may temporarily extricate Georgia from the current situation.

  Eduard Shevardnadze

  Country, Believe, Government

  52 Copy quote

• I simply love classic design when it's reinterpreted. These collections reflect the spirit of this design philosophy; clean pared down lines and forms rooted in tradition yet made to feel new and modern with unexpected or stylized scale, finishes and detailing. This contemporary take on tradition creates a look that's at once current yet timeless, fresh yet familiar…the essence of both beautiful design and a beautifully designed home.

  Candice Olson

  Beautiful, Philosophy, Home

  6 Copy quote

• The current Michigan Constitution was written in 1961 and 62.

  John Engler

  Michigan, Constitution, Written

  7 Copy quote

• The natural pattern of current astronomy is provided by the cryptic unity of nature itself (belief in which is the chief act of faith of the scientist).

  Nigel Calder

  Unity, Patterns, Belief

  Nigel Calder (1969). “Violent universe: an eye-witness account of the commotion in astronomy 1968-69”

  20 Copy quote

  Show source

• And thus flowed the current of life. The seeds of the silverbell were converted into squirrel; and squirrels were converted into foxes. Everything edible, from mice and chipmunks to roots and berries and apples was converted into bear. And bear and his tracks are converted into wonder and adventure for man.

  Harvey Broome

  Adventure, Men, Squirrels

  17 Copy quote

• The sensations of dismemberment flow through the forceps like an electric current.

  Warren Hern

  Abortion, Electric Current, Flow

  Speech at the Associations of Planned Parenthood Physicians meeting, San Diego, October 26, 1978.

  46 Copy quote

  Show source

• Meteorologists have the right perspective. They ground themselves in the current conditions (today’s highs/lows). They briefly acknowledge significant events of the past (record temps). And they keep an eye on the future (five-day forecast). Honor your past accomplishments, live in the present moment, and look to the future.

  Clifton Anderson

  Eye, Past, Accomplishment

  15 Copy quote

• Combining the experience of a seasoned university president with the analysis of a respected legal scholar, Derek Bok explores what he concludes are 'signs of excessive commercialization in every part of the university.' His somber assessment of the current state of athletics, scientific research, and distance education, and his call for review and restraint, should engage the attention of every faculty senate in the country. He has given us a timely, candid, courageous, and important book.

  Frank H. T. Rhodes

  Country, Distance, Book

  11 Copy quote

• The best advice I got throughout my career was understanding what my current managers' pains and challenges are - it's not always just about hitting the number.

  Jim McDonough

  Pain, Careers, Numbers

  4 Copy quote

• It takes no effort to love. The state has its own innate joy. Questions answer themselves if you are aware enough. Life is safe; flowing with the current of being is the simplest way to live. Resistance never really succeeds. Controlling the flow of life is impossible.

  Deepak Chopra

  Motivational, Spiritual, Effort

  9 Copy quote

• Unfortunately, the current format for this lottery program are subject to fraud and abuse and leave our nation exposed to those who may seek to do harm on American soil.

  Bill Jenkins

  Hype, Abuse, May

  11 Copy quote

• Facts are neutral until human beings add their own meaning to those facts. People make their decisions based on what the facts mean to them, not on the facts themselves. The meaning they add to facts depends on their current story … facts are not terribly useful to influencing others. People don’t need new facts—they need a new story.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Mean, People, Decision

  Blake Mycoskie (2012). “Start Something That Matters”, p.27, Random House

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Windmills installed around the world converting their direct current into alternating current and feeding the electric energy into the world network can harvest the planet Earth's prime daily energy income source-the wind--and adequately supply all the world's energy needs

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Wind, Energy, Income

  9 Copy quote

• Far away in Montana, hidden from view by clustering mountain-peaks, lies an unmapped northwestern corner- the Crown of the Continent. The water from the crusted snowdrift which caps the peak of a lofty mountain there trickles into tiny rills, which hurry along north, south, east and west, and growing to rivers, at last pour their currents into three seas. From this mountain-peak the Pacific and the Arctic oceans and the Gulf of Mexico receive each its tribute. Here is a land of striking scenery.

  George Bird Grinnell

  Lying, Ocean, Sea

  9 Copy quote