"Large-scale problems do not require large-scale solutions; they require small-scale solutions within a large-scale framework."

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“Life-saving information tends to come in local dialects.”

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“At present, culture is decorative rather than structural; although it may lift the spirits ... The Lean Economy, in contrast, will depend for its existence on a deep foundation in culture. It is possible to live without it, but only for a time, like holding your breath under water.”

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“While democracy has advanced, the part we ordinary citizens have played in the making and sustaining of the places and communities we live in has diminished. Never has so much been decided for so many by so few.”

“Wisdom is intelligence drenched in culture.”

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"Negationism and history-distortion require a large-scale effort and a very strong grip on the media of information and education. As soon as the grip loosens, at least the most blatant of the negation…"

— Koenraad Elst

Indology1959

#education

"People who been told that the Reform Party consists of well-meaning simpletons mouthing naive solutions to complex problems should study Harper's speeches on behalf of Reform."

— Preston Manning

Literature1942

#knowledge

"Not far from there is a place where one digs out grains of black rice, turned into small stones, which are said to have been hidden under the earth since the time of Ram."

— Joseph Tiefenthaler

1710–1785

#nature

"The Guide sang: Nearly they stood who fall; Themselves as they look back See always in the track The one false step, where all Even yet, by lightest swerve Of foot not yet enslaved, By smallest tremor…"

— C. S. Lewis

Literature1925–1954

#truth