“ Nothing can be changed in the system when the system itself is revolting against those who opposed violence. Nilantha Ilangamuwa
“ 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… Scott Adams
“ Ask . . . what it is about all-embracing 'systems' of thought that leads inexorably to all-embracing 'systems' of rule. Tony Judt
“ Because the tribe is its members, the tribe is what its members want it to be—nothing more and nothing less. Daniel Quinn
“ 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… Murray Gell-Mann
“ 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… Don DeLillo
“ Sufficiently simple natural structures are predictable but uncontrollable, whereas sufficiently complex symbolic descriptions are controllable but unpredictable. Howard Pattee
“ Any system was a straightjacket if you insisted on adhering to it so totally and humorlessly. Erica Jong
“ 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.… Marcus J. Borg
“ 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 Frank Herbert
“ Instead of using drugs to create system friendly humans, perhaps we should be creating human friendly systems that do not require people to take drugs to function. Merlyn Gabriel Miller
“ You see the mistakes of one system—the surveillance—and the mistakes of the other—the inequality—but there’s nothing you could have done in the one and nothing you can do now about the other. She laug… Anna Funder
“ Theory is relevant to you because it shows you a new, simpler, and more elegant side of computers, which we normally consider to be complicated machines. The best computer designs and applications are… Michael Sipser
“ Our whole education system is calculated to produce *feelings* in us, impart them to us, instead of leaving their production to ourselves however they may turn out...Thus stuffed with imparted feeling… Max Stirner
“ If I follow a particular method of knowing myself, then I shall have the result which that system necessitates; but the result will obviously not be the understanding of myself. Jiddu Krishnamurti
“ It’s all a risk. Always. That’s not true, actually. The only exception: it’s a certainty that there’s risk. The safer you play your plans for the future, the riskier it actually is. That’s because the… Seth Godin
“ We can't impose our will on a system. We can listen to what the system tells us, and discover how its properties and our values can work together to bring forth something much better than could ever b… Donella H. Meadows
