Patterns Quotes

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So now I know. I fear the unknown so deeply that I'd rather repeat the same heart-breaking pattern than face something or someone I can't… — Valerie Estelle Frankel
Doing mathematics should always mean finding patterns and crafting beautiful and meaningful explanations. — Paul Lockhart
I don't know. Maybe we're all chaos theorists. Lovers of pattern and predictability, we're scared shitless of explosive change. But we're fascinated by it, too.… — Wally Lamb
A disruption of the circadian cycleâ€”the metabolic and glandular rhythms that are central to our workaday lifeâ€”seems to be involved in many, if not most,… — William Styron
If you seek reality you must set yourself free of all backgrounds, of all cultures, of all patterns of thinking and feeling. Even the idea… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
In order to meaningfully repent of the ways in which we violate love, we must recognize them. We wonâ€™t recognize self-protective patterns of relating as… — Larry Crabb
Math is sometimes called the science of patterns. — Ronald Graham
Technology is not a panacea. I refuse to work on technology to track users, analyze usage patterns, watermark information, censor, detect drug use, or eavesdrop.… — Bram Cohen
We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now… — Neil Strauss
Consciously designed landscapes which mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature, while yielding an abundance of food, fibre and energy for provision of local… — David Holmgren
Human behavior is subject to the same laws as any other natural phenomenon. Our customs, behaviors, and values are byproducts of our culture. No one… — Jacque Fresco
Seldom aware of the intricate connection between the patterns of their own lives and the course of world history, ordinary people do not usually know… — C. Wright Mills
By adherence to a special set of rules, the child of the shabby-genteel can sometimes leap across the time which has passed by his family… — Murray Kempton
The cross solved our problem by first revealing our real problem, our universal pattern of scapegoating and sacrificing others. The cross exposes forever the scene… — Richard Rohr
Denial of our pattern of failure seems to be a kind of practical atheism or chosen ignorance among many believers and clergy. — Richard Rohr
Human beings are pattern-seeking animals. It's part of our DNA. That's why conspiracy theories and gods are so popular: we always look for the wider,… — Adrian McKinty
One can only really travel if one lets oneself go and takes what every place brings without trying to turn it into a healthy private… — Freya Stark
Everything we care about lies somewhere in the middle, where pattern and randomness interlace. — James Gleick
A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence. Whether the meaning… — Rollo May
In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents. — Peter Garrett

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