Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems.
Nothing can be changed in the system when the system itself is revolting against those who opposed violence.
Diversity, not uniformity, is what works.
Ask . . . what it is about all-embracing 'systems' of thought that leads inexorably to all-embracing 'systems' of rule.
A goal is a specific objective that you either achieve or don't sometime in the future. A system is something you do on a regular basis that increases your odds of happiness in the long run. If you do...
It's fun to invent systems and meanings and then poke holes in them.
Because the tribe is its members, the tribe is what its members want it to be—nothing more and nothing less.
There was something theatrical about the protest, ingratiating even. . . . There was a shadow of transaction between the demonstrators and the state. The protest was a form of systemic hygiene, purgin...
Today the network of relationships linking the human race to itself and to the rest of the biosphere is so complex that all aspects affect all others to an extraordinary degree. Someone should be stud...
Sufficiently simple natural structures are predictable but uncontrollable, whereas sufficiently complex symbolic descriptions are controllable but unpredictable.
The point is not that Jesus was a good guy who accepted everybody, and thus we should do the same (though that would be good). Rather, his teachings and behavior reflect an alternative social vision....
Any system was a straightjacket if you insisted on adhering to it so totally and humorlessly.
Dangers lurk in all systems. Systems incorporate the unexamined beliefs of their creators. Adopt a system, accept its beliefs, and you help strengthen the resistance to change