“I participate, therefore I am.”
Elizabeth May (1954) Canadian politician
Source: Losing Confidence - Power, politics, And The Crisis In Canadian Democracy (2009), Chapter 1, The Degradation of Canadian Democracy, p. 15
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 140
“I participate, therefore I am.”
Elizabeth May (1954) Canadian politician
Source: Losing Confidence - Power, politics, And The Crisis In Canadian Democracy (2009), Chapter 1, The Degradation of Canadian Democracy, p. 15
“Think of it as evolution in action.”
Larry Niven book Oath of Fealty
Oath of Fealty (1982) (co-written with Jerry Pournelle)
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (1982) Belarusian politician and educator
"Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Leader Of The Democracy Movement In Belarus" in Faces of Democracy https://www.faces-of-democracy.org/sviatlana-tsikhanouskaya/ (6 July 2021)
“I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately I am inspired at 9 o'clock every morning.”
William Faulkner (1897–1962) American writer
Jonas Salk (1914–1995) Inventor of polio vaccine
Academy of Achievement interview (1991)
Context: I am interested in a phase that I think we are entering. I call it "teleological evolution," evolution with a purpose. The idea of evolution by design, designing the future, anticipating the future. I think of the need for more wisdom in the world, to deal with the knowledge that we have. At one time we had wisdom, but little knowledge. Now we have a great deal of knowledge, but do we have enough wisdom to deal with that knowledge?
“The actual participants in industry under individualism are prompted to action by”
Kirby Page (1890–1957) American clergyman
Property (1935)
Context: The actual participants in industry under individualism are prompted to action by the following combination of incentives: desire for an income, desire for a higher income, desire for security, satisfaction received from shouldering responsibility or from wielding power, the joy of participation in creative activity, and the desire for applause and prestige.... And all these motivations may be conserved and strengthened under socialism.
“Good actions give strength to ourselves, and inspire good actions in others.”
Samuel Smiles (1812–1904) Scottish author
Duty: With Illustrations of Courage, Patience, and Endurance (1880), Ch. 2, p. 49