R. Buckminster Fuller on dark
R. Buckminster Fuller12 quotes“We are powerfully imprisoned in these Dark Ages simply by the terms in which we have been conditioned to think.”
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Words were another sword for the man who wielded them well.
Brent WeeksBrent Weeks Dad, one of my first memories is of sharing my worry with you about the space shuttle poking holes in the atmosphere and letting out all of Earth’s air.
Brent WeeksBrent Weeks When you don’t know what to do, do what’s right and do what’s in front of you. But not necessarily what’s right in front of you.
Brent WeeksBrent Weeks I like to bike a lot and do some 300s here and there. Really, I love to bike though. I like being outside and moving around, seeing the good scenery around Miami and such.
Brandon SpikesBrandon Spikes The spiritual master can instruct the disciple though many different formats.
Bhaktisvarupa Damodar SwamiBhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami If you are not free to say no, your yes is meaningless.
Brent WeeksBrent Weeks My writing has a lot of surprising twists.
Brent WeeksBrent Weeks Bewildered as he might be, sometimes a man’s highest calling is simply to stand, and hug.
Brent WeeksBrent Weeks Giving is what fuels us. Giving is our future.
Blake MycoskieBlake Mycoskie If I’m going to make music and put my heart and soul into this and dedicate my whole life to it, I want to be making something that 15, 20, 30 years from now, somebody is listening to and that is a staple of the time it came out.
Blake JuddBlake Judd [Music] business can drive you to do that if you don’t have it here. If you’re not strong-minded here, it could steer you the wrong way and when it steers you the wrong way, then it might take forever to get back.
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David JonesDavid Jones We attract who our souls need to grow.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You’re my bad habit, on this dark planet, light up my world like stars, now they’re ashes.
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Hayley EvansHayley Evans You shined your light on all the things I’ve been trying so hard to hide.
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We’re each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?
Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le Guin She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes.
Lord ByronLord Byron When we were in the Dark Ages, it was a question of humanity somehow managing to forget about itself. We put God in the centre of society, and people forgot about their own nature and desires. There was a huge deal of repression.
ShakiraShakira We work in the dark — we do what we can — we give what we have.
Henry JamesHenry James The Earth is beautiful, and bright, and kindly, but that is not all. The Earth is also terrible, and dark, and cruel. The rabbit shrieks dying in the green meadows.
Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le Guin Life goes on, even if two-headed and glowing faintly in the dark.
Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le Guin Our roots are in the dark; the earth is our country.
Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le Guin Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.
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