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2022-12-25
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In this day and age of global village
interactions,
shared crises and stressful events,
it
is ever more important
to share stimulating sayings as...
FOOD
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THOUGHT
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Salute to writers, especially scifi authors + + +
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2022.12.25
" Events that might
seem so simple
can have profound impacts on us
and forever
change,
not just how other people
think about us,
but also how we think about
ourselves,
and what we think about the world. "
Words to the wise, Elon
Reeve Musk
Post-Human
Series, Book 5 :
InHuman by
David Simpson, 2014
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2022.12.18
What
purpose should a
government serve ?
It should protect its
people from internal and external dangers.
It
should help build infrastructure and help society
run smoothly.
It should police society so
commercial interactions are conducted fairly.
And
it should help provide citizens what they need to
excel,
the infrastructure and means.
It should not be a realm
of backstabbing,
shamelessness, lying, and
manipulation !
JLS,
inspired by
Quantum Lens,
Douglas E. Richards, 2014
|
2022.12.11
TO BE OR NOT TO
BE
rebellious, stubborn, and determined.
Do
you want to spend your life only existing ?
Does
your life have to have a higher
purpose ?
Why
live if not to pursue a dream, right ?
BE IT !
JLS,
inspired by
Post-Human by
David Simpson, 2014
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2022.12.04
TO BE OR NOT TO
BE,
that is the question, right ?
Weighing
whether we should live a life of
purpose,
a life
over which we’ve taken control,
or whether we
should simply exist,
giving up control of the
events around us,
that is the question !
Which
choice have you made with your life ?
Can you
take control of “this” situation
and lead your
brethren to safety ?
JLS
, inspired by
Post-Human by
David Simpson, 2014
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2022.11.27
“ ...believe that
purpose is the most important virtue.
You can
lose your freedom, your health, your honor,
everything you love and care about.
And yet, if
you still have your purpose,
you have lost
nothing. ”
The Atlantis Grail -
Qualify
by
Vera
Nazarian,
2014
|
2022.11.20
“ ...believe that
with time,
the country that you live in will have
less meaning.
That all countries will respect
human rights and religious rights.
That being the
citizen of a particular country
will be like
being a citizen of a particular city.
It will
define the culture you live in,
but will not
diminish you as a human being... ”
Delphi in Space : Delphi Federation by
Bob Blanton, 2020
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2022.11.13
“ Some
believe
that the human race is fading,
beyond salvation,
not worth saving.
That there is nothing to find
beyond the stars.
I don't believe that.
As
long as there is one man still out there, searching. ”
Harlock: Space Pirate, 2013
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2022.11.06
“ Decisions haunt
everyone,
but most allow fortune to decide the
answer.
Only a few wrestle with the questions
in an attempt to direct their fate. ”
The Silver Ships - Haraken by
S.
H. Jucha, 2016
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2022.10.30
“ Fortunas
audentas juvat
Luck favors the
bold. ”
Privateer Tales: Big Pete by
Jamie McFarlane, 2014
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2022.10.23
“ If we have any
chance of surviving this war,
|current
thing|,
it will be because the right
people took bold moves. ”
Scrapyard
Ship by Mark
Wayne McGinnis, 2013
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2022.10.16
Guilt can be a
good thing. It's the soul's call to action.
An
indication that something is... wrong,
that the
"hole" in your life can be filled,
but not with
money or greed or tangibles.
The only way to rid
your heart of it is by taking action
to change
the future into a better place
not just for
yourself... but for others as well.
JLS,
inspired by
Daredevil
S2 E4, 2016
(Matt
is
talking with the priest about feeling guilty
for not doing more to protect
others.)
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2022.10.09
“ There is more
to life than tangibles "
(money,
possessions, etc.)
Gate
Ghosts – Axis Crossing by S.H.
Jucha, 2021
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2022.10.02
“ In some others’
eyes, my life is the epitome of SUCCESS.
At this
moment, lying on my bed and recalling my life,
I
realize that all the recognition and wealth that I
took so much pride in have paled and become
meaningless in the face of my death. ”
Anonymous
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2022.09.25
“ Would you
continually lie to ensure your SUCCESS,
even if
it resulted in others failing ? ”
The
Fallen Ship: Rise of the Gia Rebellion
by
Mark Wayne McGinnis & Kim McGinnis, 2022
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2022.09.18
“Life is often a
path made of twists and turns,
often unexpected
ones.
How we "manage" these "surprises"
determines our level of SUCCESS. ”
Jacques L. St-Arnaud, 2015
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2022.09.11
“When a society
is unbalanced,
treating its citizens with
indifference, injustice, and cruelty,
it takes
time, effort, and patience to educate and transform
the society.
SUCCESS will be achieved when the
race believes
every citizen is truly equal and
must be treated as such.”
Gate Ghosts – Axis Crossing by
S.H. Jucha, 2021
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2022.09.04
“Once you
appreciate the simplest of life forms elsewhere,
you’ll understand the VALUE of life on your own
planet.
Once you mature, the cosmos is yours to
explore.
And we will be there waiting to join
you.”
Anomaly
(First Contact) by
Peter Cawdron, 2011
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2022.08.28
“Mistakes would
always be made when individuals,
races,
countries, or worlds met for the first time.
It
was what was done after the mistakes were discovered
that made the difference
between those who VALUED
coexistence
and those who prized revenge.”
Omnia - The Silver Ships, book 9 by
S. H. Jucha
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2022.08.21
“The sad fact is,
the facts have never mattered less than they do
today.
We're living in a time when truth has been
so diminished in VALUE
that even those at the top
of government are quite comfortable
with truth
being whatever they can convince people to believe.
The truth certainly matters, Your Honour,
in
rooms like this most of all."
The Pharmacist s6 e3 of
The Blacklist
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2022.08.14
“...free speech
is an even more important VALUE
then never being
offended.”
Bill Maher, Real Time with... on
2022.03.18 at 07:02
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2022.08.07
“…the strong man
who has known power all his life,
may lose
respect for that power,
but a weak man knows the
VALUE of strength,
and knows... compassion."
Captain America: The First Avenger, 2011,
Dr. Erskine to Rogers
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2022.07.31
"...a true
indication that it wasn’t what you are
but what
you do
that indicates your VALUE to others. "
Allora - The Silver Ships, Book 7
by
Scott H. Jucha, 2017
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2022.07.24
"There are 3
words that best describe what the elderly
in all
our Global Village societies look for.
Community
/ Synergy / Valourization"
J.L. St-Arnaud, 1992
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2022.07.17
"People are not
compensated based on how hard or how much they work
BUT (on) how much VALUE they
provide.
Yes, some people (do)
add more value than others (society)
and are (therefore} compensated
accordingly."
Steven Mark Ryan @
Solving The Money Problem
2022.05.22 on
YouTube, at 03:05
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2022.07.10
"Having money is
useless
unless you use it to make the world a
better place.
Kindness is something that's not
inherent in a person
but rather a behaviour that
he or she learns.
The more people set good
examples
the better our world will be."
Sia (Sia
Kate Isobelle Furler), Australian singer, 2019
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2022.07.03
Don't be afraid to
FAIL.
It
is just a First Attempt
In
Learning.
The END is not the
end.
Know that
Effort
Never Dies.
NO is just a
two-letter word.
There is always a
Next
Opportunity.
Anonymous
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2022.06.26
"What we perceive as consciousness is
really
just our individual abilities to recognize patterns.
You are a pattern recognizer and a pattern combiner.
We all are.
This is the essence of who we are— of
our consciousness."
Post-Human
Series Books 1-4 by
David Simpson, 2014
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2022.06.19
"The quest for
more consciousness is the ultimate path for
humanity.
More intelligence, more creativity,
more perception leads to greater truth.
Limiting
our knowledge has only ever led to stagnation and
misery."
Post-Human
Series Books 1-4 by
David Simpson, 2014
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2022.06.12
"The satisfaction
he found in learning and gaining knowledge,
as
well as sharing that knowledge with others,
rivaled his other training. "
Babylon
5 – Ranger Dawning by
Bruce Graw, 2007
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2022.06.05
"Knowledge, rather than learning.
Knowledge
stresses certainty.
Yes, we must know all that
can be known.
But what cannot be known should not
be ignored.
For it is in uncertainty and in the
unknown,
that learning, creativity and growth
occur. "
Babylon 5 –
Techno-Mage 3 –
Invoking Darkness
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2022.05.29
"Value things not for what they are worth,
but for what they represent.
Age isn't how
old you are but how old you feel.
There is
always morning where life gives us
another
opportunity to make things good."
Gabriel Garcia Marquez,, 1927 - 2014
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2022.05.22
"O-Bla-Di, O-Bla-Da
Life Goes On!"
(Whether we are
fearful or we are daring,
life does go on ! )
The Rock & Worship Roadshow, 2011
|
2022.05.15
"When new opportunities show themselves,
do not
fear to explore them and learn as much as you can.
You never know when you’ll have the chance to do so
again."
The Evaran Chronicles - The Cult Of Evaran
by
Adair Hart, 2022
|
2022.05.08
"Humankind can be so much better.
Within each
human is the means to attain enlightenment.
It’s
merely fear and ignorance that stops the soul
from reaching its potential.
We’re all a part of
this universe.
It’s our body, and we’re its
consciousness.
We can all be gods in our own
right.
You need only to look within yourself and
open your mind."
Mobius by
Vincent Vale, 2015
|
2022.05.01
"Being afraid isn’t wrong.
Listening to your
fears is the problem.
I want you to listen to
your courage."
Lost Starship Series Book 7 -
The Lost Earth
by
Vaughn Heppner, 2017
|
2022.04.24
"Courage is not doing something great.
Courage is
overcoming your own fear
that prevents you from
moving forward. "
Terrineia: Book 4 of the Galactic Startup Series
by
Brian Whiting, 2019
|
2022.04.17
"I’m scared too...
It’s good. Keeps you
sharp.
Courage isn’t the absence of fear,
it’s the strength to keep going when you are scared."
The Ember War Saga Book 1 by
Richard Fox, 2015
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2022.04.10
"Some people used
to be dedicated to humanity.
A religious
person called Mother Teresa
once dedicated her
life to the poor.
The Dali Lama was another.
There were others, people without any fame,
who
dedicated their day to day activities
to
seeing humanity rise.
Not in the sense of conquering the world,
but in
the sense of
raising its own morality."
The Singularity: Heretic by
David Beers, 2014
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2022.04.03
"There’s always someone out there
who thinks we should draw a line and not cross it
and that humanity will be much happier
if we just stand still."
(They must be reminded that the human body changes
every day - we get older.
Hopefully for most of
us, it also means that we can't 'stand
still' !
JS)
Post-Human Series by
David Simpson,
2014
|
2022.03.27
"The pursuit of
knowledge isn’t a purpose either.
It may be a
means to an eventual end,
just as procreation
was, but what is the end?
The A.I. remained
silent as he locked eyes with James,
seemingly
willing James to discover the answer for himself.
You found a purpose.
Yes. To wake up the
universe."
Together.
Post-Human Series by
David Simpson,
2014
|
2022.03.20
“We have to
believe that we’ll have the opportunity to process
all this,
that we’ll see some normalcy again.
In the meantime we work together.
We share our
neighbour’s burden,
and celebrate each other’s
successes.
We’re all in a small can
(marble / globe ?),
drifting
through a big universe,
and we have to depend on
each other
if we are to improve our situation at
all.
I think that’s been forgotten by a lot of
people, but not everyone.
We still teach our
children, we still work to repair what we can,
and make sure that everyone has a chance...”
Randolph Lalonde,
Spinward Fringe Broadcast 10 : Freeground
2016
|
2022.03.13
"Seeing the
interconnections between all things, between all
beings,
only increases a being’s ability to make
ethical and wise decisions.
The more
holistic a being’s knowledge becomes,
the more
ethical and moral that being becomes.
Corruption
can only come from ignorance,
whether that
ignorance is willful or not."
( Eclectic Synergy !
JS )
Post-Human Series by
David Simpson,
2014
|
2022.03.06
"...great
testament to what can be achieved when true
teamwork,
great skill and deep pride are combined
with a common purpose. "
Lewis Sir Richard Branson
at unveiling of
Virgin Galactic’s new spaceship, VSS UNITY,
2016.02.19
|
2022.02.27
"Teamwork
makes the dream work."
Lewis Hamilton, 2021.12
|
2022.02.20
"Aristotle
talked about phronesis.
It means wisdom, more or
less.
But the ancient Greek philosopher built
out the concept in a particular way, casting it as
what we call practical wisdom, or doing the right
thing, the right way, at the right time, for the
right reasons.
You might say that practical
wisdom
is concerned with how to act in good ways.
It’s a useful concept and one we’d do well to
apply in our personal and professional lives
as
much as possible.
In fact, the health of our
democratic institutions
and the public sphere
might (do?) depend
on it."
“Michael
Wernick should’ve thought twice before serving up
his ‘Cicero moment’.”
David Moscrop, in Maclean’s, February 22, 2019,
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2022.02.13
In serving others,
one must sometimes be willing to
die.
Not in the
literal sense, but rather to let go of ego, of
stubbornness, of prejudice, so that we can have a
clear mind to be able to adapt to the situation...
so that we can be true leaders, using W5h :
Who are
you? ; What are you? ; Why do you....? ;
Where do
you....? ; When do you....? ; How do you....?
Inspired by...
Babylon 5,
season 4, episode 2,
“Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldy”, 1997
@ ~41.14 when The First One
explains to Sheridan “how to live”.
JS post on LinkedIN and Twitter. 2020
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2022.02.06
"Is it worth it?
(...going into space)
Should we pull back,
forget the whole thing as a
bad idea...
...and take care of our problems at
home?
No.
We have to stay here
(in deep space).
There's a simple reason why.
Ask 10 scientists
about environment, population control, genetics...
...you'll get 10 different answers.
But there's
one thing every scientist on the planet agrees on.
Whether it happens in 100 years, or 1000 years or a
million years...
...eventually our sun will grow
cold and go out.
When that happens, it won't just
take us...
...it will take Marilyn Monroe, and
Lao-tzu and Einstein...
...and Morobuto and Buddy
Holly and Aristophanes... .
And all of this...
...all of this...
...was for nothing...
...unless we go to the stars. "
Babylon 5, season 1, episode 4, “Infection”,
1994
Commander
Sinclair interviewed by ISNN reporter at end of
episode.
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2022.01.30
"Whatever comes our way, whatever battle we
have raging inside us, we always have a choice. My
friend Harry taught me that. He chose to be the best
of himself. It’s the choices that make us who we
are, and we can always choose to do what is right."
Spider-Man 3,
Peter @ Harry’s
funeral
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2022.01.23
"Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Knowledge is limited.
Imagination encircles the
world."
Attibuted to Albert Einstein by George Sylvester
Viereck
in his 1929 Post article
"What
Life Means to Einstein"
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2022.01.16
If you knew that
something bad was going to happen,
and you had the
knowledge and/or skills to stop it,
are you not
morally obligated to
try to prevent it ?
Inspired by "Person of Interest",
S4 E14
JS comment on Facebook. 2016
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2022.01.9
"Sharing
knowledge is the greatest of all callings.
There's nothing like it in the land."
Archeology from Space, 2012, by Sarah Parcak at
TED
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2022.01.02
“The secret
purpose of language is to change everything. And by
everything I mean, your life, the life of others,
the planet, the universe itself. Language is action,
movement, life itself. It initiates progress,
evolution. Language creates. If I recall correctly—
in one of your ancient Earth holy books, there’s the
notion that ‘in the beginning was the word.’ I think
it’s a beautiful metaphor. Because if you think
about it, the world itself is made up of metaphors—
meaningful thought and image constructs.”
Compete (The Atlantis Grail), book 2,
2015, by Vera Nazarian
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