Authenticity is about where it comes from; validity is about whether it works.

... the future is under no obligation to wait patiently while we get ready for it.

EROEI [energy returned on energy invested, or net energy] is to a civilization what gross profit is to a business, the source of the surplus that supports the entire enterprise.

There’s no such thing as technology in the singular, only technologies in the plural.

We need to develop new strategies overcome every challenge.

but even if true belief about matters of importance is of intrinsic value, it does not follow that the value of truth should always trump every other value with which it might compete.

Some men, under the pressure of incarceration, showed true mettle, while others revealed themselves as less than what they had appeared to be.

Every dollar that is printed should not represent a debt to private bankers. It should represent an investment potential in the common good, in the common needs of our country.

Some are skeptical. My mom thought the guitar was going to fizzle out in two weeks, that it was just a fad-and that was in 1958.

That's who you really like. The people you can think out loud in front of.

I'm doing philosophy like an old woman, first I'm looking for my pencil, then I'm looking for my glasses, then I'm looking for my pencil again.

What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love, and good deeds.

I love you now as I write this, and I love you now as you read this

In A Midnight Carol Patricia Davis illuminates the dark and brilliant humanity of Charles Dickens -- the man who lived a rags-to-riches life more remarkable than any of his stories.