"The central economic imperative of the new economy is to amplify relationships."

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“The surest way to smartness is through massive dumbness.”

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“There is nothing to be found in a beehive that is not submerged in a bee. And yet you can search a bee forever with cyclotron and fluoroscope, and you will never find a hive.”

“The great secret which life has kept from us is that once born, life is immortal. Once launched, it cannot be eradicated.”

“It is not money the Great Asymmetry accrues, nor energy, nor stuff. The origin of economic wealth begins in opportunities.”

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"tastes of the pure, uncaused, undiluted bliss. He is happy and fully aware that happiness is his very nature and that he need not do anything, nor strive for anything to secure it. It follows him, mor…"

— Nisargadatta Maharaj

Education1897–1981

#happiness

"Gregor Strasser, Hitler's dangerous rival in the party, was out to gain control of the whole of the party formations, the organs of public administration, and those of social and economic life, partic…"

— Hermann Rauschning

Politics1887–1982

#society

"The story of the Northern Counties Building Society is instructive. Established in 1850 in the North East by dispossessed workers who pooled their funds to retrieve a home in the world it grew steadil…"

— Maurice Glasman

Politics1961

#time

"The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment insurance, old-a…"

— Martin Luther King

Social Activism1929–1968

#change