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  1. There are two ultimate fears, the annihilation of solitude and the annihilation of the crowd. We lose our identities if we are alone with no one to reflect us back on ourselves... or we lose our identities if we are in a mass of others; anonymous, corporate, overwhelmed by the babble.
    -- Ian McDonald

    #Wisdom #Quotes #IanMcDonald #Crowds #Solitude

    #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

  2. There are two ultimate fears, the annihilation of solitude and the annihilation of the crowd. We lose our identities if we are alone with no one to reflect us back on ourselves... or we lose our identities if we are in a mass of others; anonymous, corporate, overwhelmed by the babble.
    -- Ian McDonald

    #Wisdom #Quotes #IanMcDonald #Crowds #Solitude

    #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

  3. There are two ultimate fears, the annihilation of solitude and the annihilation of the crowd. We lose our identities if we are alone with no one to reflect us back on ourselves... or we lose our identities if we are in a mass of others; anonymous, corporate, overwhelmed by the babble.
    -- Ian McDonald

    #Wisdom #Quotes #IanMcDonald #Crowds #Solitude

    #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

  4. There are two ultimate fears, the annihilation of solitude and the annihilation of the crowd. We lose our identities if we are alone with no one to reflect us back on ourselves... or we lose our identities if we are in a mass of others; anonymous, corporate, overwhelmed by the babble.
    -- Ian McDonald

    #Wisdom #Quotes #IanMcDonald #Crowds #Solitude

    #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

  5. There are two ultimate fears, the annihilation of solitude and the annihilation of the crowd. We lose our identities if we are alone with no one to reflect us back on ourselves... or we lose our identities if we are in a mass of others; anonymous, corporate, overwhelmed by the babble.
    -- Ian McDonald

    #Wisdom #Quotes #IanMcDonald #Crowds #Solitude

    #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

  6. It is one of the ironies of our time that, while concentrating on the defense of our country against enemies from without, we should be so heedless of those who would destroy it from within.
    -- Rachel Carson (1953)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #RachelCarson #Conservation #Nature

    #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

  7. It is one of the ironies of our time that, while concentrating on the defense of our country against enemies from without, we should be so heedless of those who would destroy it from within.
    -- Rachel Carson (1953)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #RachelCarson #Conservation #Nature

    #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

  8. It is one of the ironies of our time that, while concentrating on the defense of our country against enemies from without, we should be so heedless of those who would destroy it from within.
    -- Rachel Carson (1953)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #RachelCarson #Conservation #Nature

    #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

  9. It is one of the ironies of our time that, while concentrating on the defense of our country against enemies from without, we should be so heedless of those who would destroy it from within.
    -- Rachel Carson (1953)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #RachelCarson #Conservation #Nature

    #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

  10. It is one of the ironies of our time that, while concentrating on the defense of our country against enemies from without, we should be so heedless of those who would destroy it from within.
    -- Rachel Carson (1953)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #RachelCarson #Conservation #Nature

    #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

  11. Tim was so learned he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.
    -- Benjamin Franklin

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BenjaminFranklin #Ignorance

    #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

  12. The genius of fascism is that any political structure can host the virus and virtually any developed country can become a suitable home. Fascism talks ideology but it is really just marketing for power.
    -- Toni Morrison (Racism and Fascism)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #ToniMorrison #Fascism #Marketing #Politics #Power

    #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

  13. The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.
    -- Barbara De Angelis

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BarbaraDeAngelis #Anger #Love #ThePast

    #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

  14. The single biggest threat to learning the truth is cherry-picked data.
    -- Edward Tufte (Presenting Data and Information Short Course)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EdwardTufte #Communication #Data #Presentations

    #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

  15. Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are part of nature and therefore part of the mystery we are trying to solve.
    -- Max Planck (1858-1947)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #MaxPlanck #Nature #Science

    #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

  16. Nothing is easier than self-deceit, for what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.
    -- Demosthenes (50 BCE)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #Demosthenes #SelfDeceit

    #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

  17. Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.
    -- Herman Melville

    #Wisdom #Quotes #HermanMelville #Disparity #Humanity #Poverty #Wealth

    #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

  18. If the voter cannot grasp the details of the problems of the day because he has not the time, the interest or the knowledge, he will not have a better public opinion because he is asked to express his opinion more often.
    -- Walter Lippmann

    #Wisdom #Quotes #WalterLippmann #Democracy

    #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

  19. Once a man criticized my desire for knowledge by saying that it was not fitting for a woman to possess learning because there was so little of it. I replied that it was even less fitting for a man to possess ignorance because there was so much of it.
    -- Christine de Pizan (1364-1430 CE)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #ChristinedePizan #Chauvinism #Feminism #Knowledge

    #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

  20. Once a man criticized my desire for knowledge by saying that it was not fitting for a woman to possess learning because there was so little of it. I replied that it was even less fitting for a man to possess ignorance because there was so much of it.
    -- Christine de Pizan (1364-1430 CE)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #ChristinedePizan #Chauvinism #Feminism #Knowledge

    #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

  21. Once a man criticized my desire for knowledge by saying that it was not fitting for a woman to possess learning because there was so little of it. I replied that it was even less fitting for a man to possess ignorance because there was so much of it.
    -- Christine de Pizan (1364-1430 CE)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #ChristinedePizan #Chauvinism #Feminism #Knowledge

    #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

  22. Once a man criticized my desire for knowledge by saying that it was not fitting for a woman to possess learning because there was so little of it. I replied that it was even less fitting for a man to possess ignorance because there was so much of it.
    -- Christine de Pizan (1364-1430 CE)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #ChristinedePizan #Chauvinism #Feminism #Knowledge

    #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

  23. Once a man criticized my desire for knowledge by saying that it was not fitting for a woman to possess learning because there was so little of it. I replied that it was even less fitting for a man to possess ignorance because there was so much of it.
    -- Christine de Pizan (1364-1430 CE)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #ChristinedePizan #Chauvinism #Feminism #Knowledge

    #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

  24. Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
    -- Ambrose Bierce (The Devil's Dictionary)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #AmbroseBierce #Fear #Hope #Religion #TheUnknown

    #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

  25. Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
    -- Ambrose Bierce (The Devil's Dictionary)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #AmbroseBierce #Fear #Hope #Religion #TheUnknown

    #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

  26. Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
    -- Ambrose Bierce (The Devil's Dictionary)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #AmbroseBierce #Fear #Hope #Religion #TheUnknown

    #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

  27. Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
    -- Ambrose Bierce (The Devil's Dictionary)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #AmbroseBierce #Fear #Hope #Religion #TheUnknown

    #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

  28. Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
    -- Ambrose Bierce (The Devil's Dictionary)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #AmbroseBierce #Fear #Hope #Religion #TheUnknown

    #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

  29. Education, n. That which discloses the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
    -- Ambrose Bierce (The Devil's Dictionary)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #AmbroseBierce #Education

    #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

  30. Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'
    -- Isaac Asimov

    #Wisdom #Quotes #IsaacAsimov #AntiIntellectualism #Democracy #Ignorance #Knowledge #Politics

    #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

  31. The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.
    -- Barbara De Angelis

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BarbaraDeAngelis #Anger #Love #ThePast

    #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

  32. Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
    -- Dwight D. Eisenhower

    #Wisdom #Quotes #DwightDEisenhower #Leadership

    #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah