It seems to me that metaphors come down to a certain idea of interconnectedness - that everything relates to everything else. Metaphors… — Nick Laird Copy Share Image
“It seemed to him that there was a scarlet thread running through the fabric of life, one that joined events across the… — Douglas Wynne Copy Share Image
The film has succeeded in transforming subjects so indistinguishably into social functions, that those wholly encompassed, no longer aware of any conflict,… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
However, because of your interconnectedness with all things, other beings still have a problem, and when you realize that you have no… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
“There is an unseen dynamic world in and around us that scientists have only just started to scratch its surface. It is… — Claudys Kantara Copy Share Image
Cosmos is a Greek word for the order of the universe. It is, in a way, the opposite of Chaos. It implies… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Our world and our lives have become increasingly interdependent, so when our neighbour is harmed, it affects us too. Therefore we have… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Being concerned about other people is especially relevant in today's world. If we consider the complex inter-connected ness of our modern lives,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
To the greatest extent possible, I try to make choices that involve the least amount of cruelty and environmental damage. I'm interested… — Vesanto Melina Copy Share Image
It is an occult law moreover, that no man can rise superior to his individual failings without lifting, be it ever so… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Though I did not know her exact address, that she appeared to live almost within breathing distance of Robin, and that I… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
You've got a lifetime to mull over the Buddhist understanding of interconnectedness." He spoke every sentence as if he'd written it down,… — John Green Copy Share Image
One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu - the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“Dolmens constantly remind us to live in harmony with nature, to live within our needs and not in our greed. It reminds… — Kandathil Sebastian Copy Share Image
“There exists a universal order that we each play a distinct role in carrying out. Light always struggles to emerge from darkness.… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Love is wise; hatred is foolish. In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
You're suddenly seeing the coherence and the interconnectedness of everything, left to right, top to bottom, front to back. It's all connected,… — Henry Wessel, Jr Copy Share Image
If yogis are to come to the realization of the interconnectedness of life, then we must free ourselves from the conditioning that… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
We humans are a complex interwoven system of the body, the mind, and the spirit. We are formed and informed by the… — Ann Scott Copy Share Image
I love that Amazon has this incredibly unique, diplomatic process where people's voices are heard, and we're using this great interconnectedness we… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
The very technologies that were supposed to free up our time seem instead to be consuming it, tacking hours onto our already… — Sally Helgesen Copy Share Image
“A vision of underground connections flashed before him again, only inverted. A towering construction like a tree strung with lights, shimmering, changing,… — Garth Risk Hallberg Copy Share Image
Scientists and academics in particular focus on detail and the minutiae. When they talk to each other, they usually don't focus on… — Aaron D. O'Connell Copy Share Image
There is an interconnectedness among members that bonds the family, much like mountain climbers who rope themselves together when climbing a mountain,… — Phil McGraw Copy Share Image
Far from making me feel different and special, my [spiritual] experiences made me feel the same, ordinary, and interconnected. If I felt… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Every day after lunch when I was writing my first book, I'd nibble a square of fine chocolate and meditate on all… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
Global interconnectedness has led to the emergence of a new political power, that of consumers and their associations. It is good for… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I want to appeal to people's sense of humanity and interconnectedness. I feel like I have the platform I'm standing on for… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
“Because she was looking down and focusing her attention so precisely, Alice lost track of time and of herself. She wouldn't be… — Kevin Henkes Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“At that point, I realized that I could see myself in all things… objects, people, places, experiences, what have you… as long… — Kayla Severson Copy Share Image
This is a dark time, filled with suffering and uncertainty. Like living cells in a larger body, it is natural that we… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
There has never been a time on Earth like we see today. What we need are more ways to experience our interconnectedness… — John Denver Copy Share Image
Zen goes directly to your own experience of the oneness of the universe, of your interconnectedness with all things. You learn to… — Jean Smith Copy Share Image
“Flowers magnetize us with their beauty and reflect back to us our own essence. Their qualities magnify positive aspects of ourselves. They… — Katie Hess Copy Share Image
Perhaps we see equations as simple because they are easily expressed in terms of mathematical notation already invented at an earlier stage… — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
Our interconnectedness on the planet is the dominating truth of the 21st century. One stark result is that the world's poor live,… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
“On a personal level, I chose not to look at the eclipse but rather sat outside during it and listened and appreciated… — Lorin Morgan-Richards Copy Share Image
“All that interconnectedness that facilitated much of the explosion of megawealth over the last decade also facilitated the interpenetration of everything, so… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
All sorts of problems and the interconnectedness between them that [Buckminster Fuller] was able to perceive sometimes rightly, often wrongly, always interestingly… — Jonathon Keats Copy Share Image