Quotes of: Environmental-problems Keyword

Jesus opens his arms to his needy children and says, “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28, NASB). The criteria for coming to Jesus is weariness. Come overwhelmed with life. Come with your wander...

A Praying Life

the holy art of “giving for Jesus’ sake” ought to be much more strongly developed among us Christians. Never forget that all state relief for the poor is a blot on the honor of your savior. The fact that the government needs a safety net to cat...

The Problem of Poverty

The symbol of a drama, a symphony, or a dance is useful to correct a certain absurdity which may arise if we talk too much of God planning and creating the world for good and then being frustrated by the free will of the creatures. This may raise the...

The Problem of Pain

I don't want to be a machine, and I don't want to think about war," EPICAC had written after Pat's and my lighthearted departure. "I want to be made out of protoplasm and last forever so Pat will love me. But fate has made me a machine. That is the o...

Welcome to the Monkey House

But there was a time when each of us stood naked before the world, confronting life as a serious problem with which we were intimately and passionately concerned. There was a time when it was of vital interest to us to find out whether there was a Go...

The Once and Future King

Bovver: [Pete and Matt walk into the pub] Jesus, you two attatched at the fucking hip or what? Pete Dunham: Leave it out Bov, it's getting old. Bovver: Nah, I'm starting to wonder about you two. I mean if I didn't know any better I'd say you was a co...

Green Street Hooligans

Dom Portwood: Hi, Peter. What's happening? We need to talk about your TPS reports. Peter Gibbons: Yeah. The coversheet. I know, I know. Uh, Bill talked to me about it. Dom Portwood: Yeah. Did you get that memo? Peter Gibbons: Yeah. I got the memo. An...

Office Space

Tony Montana: You know what your problem is, pussycat? Elvira Hancock: What is my problem, Tony? Tony Montana: You got nothing to do with your life, man. Why don't you get a job? Do something, be a nurse. Work with blind kids, lepurs, that kind of th...

Scarface

I am no ecological Pollyana. I have borne, and will continue to bear, feelings of wholehearted melancholy over the ecological state of the earth. How could I not? How could anyone not? But I am unwilling to become a hand-wringing nihilist, as some en...

Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness

Imagine if all the car makers in the world were to sit down together to design one extremely simple, embellishment-free, functional car that was made from the most environmentally-sustainable materials, how cheap to buy and humanity-and-Earth-conside...

Jeremy Griffith

Karen had no problem standing up to people. She’d say ‘no’ before the question was even asked.

Center Ice

The problems afflicting a nation are always in equal measure spiritual crises.

Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President

A clever person solves a problem; a wise person uses Cosmic Ordering!

Cosmic Ordering: You can be successful

I find cures.” Thwackonax moaned. “I don’t find problems, that’s my patient’s part of the job.

The Demons Fib

Sex is sharing, you see, and it's good to share with everyone. But the sharing has to be real and meaningful. That creates problems.

Dreamsongs Volume I

The problem then with Jesus is that he cannot be removed from his time and transplanted into our own without simply creating him anew

Did Jesus Exist?: The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth

All human behavior has a reason. All behavior is solving a problem.

Disclosure

So many of the world's problems, he mused, were solved by sheer human decency.

The Dream Thieves

In every problem there is opportunity to win or lose, rise or fall...Ur actions or reactions are the deciding factor

Discovering Yourself

That's the problem with winning right from the start, thought Ender. you lose friends.

Ender's Game

The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something.

Elantris