#in

But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes. ↗

— Robert Shea

#ideals #likely #more #organization #original

Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear. ↗

— Robert Shea

#attend #busily #contribute #create #dear

Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of Jesus, was consciously modeled along military lines by its founder, Ignatius Loyola. ↗

— Robert Shea

#consciously #founder #history #indeed #influential

Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing only. ↗

— Robert Shea

#brighter #cultivate #energetic #how #individuals

When we are happy, we forget to eat. Then happiness is a primary need, even more important for life than nourishing the body. ↗

— Rossana Condoleo

#happiness-as-nourishment #importance-of-being-happy #pursuing-happiness #soul-searching #life

It is instructive, for instance, to trace the computer industry's decline in vision, idealism, creativity, romance and sheer fun as it becomes more and more important and prosperous. ↗

— Robert Shea

#computer #creativity #decline #fun #idealism

But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

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This whole phenomenon of the diversion of organizations from their purposes and ideals does not seem very serious when the scum rise to the top in the bridge club or the offices of a small magazine publisher. ↗

— Robert Shea

#club #diversion #does #ideals #magazine

Doing this James Brown thing for the last couple of days has been ideal. But it's a different kind of fun. ↗

— Jules Shear

#brown #couple #days #different #different kind

Every one of the songs was based around picking an acoustic guitar. That was part of the concept from the beginning, that the tempos were going to go from slow to almost mid-tempo. ↗

— Jules Shear

#acoustic guitar #almost #around #based #beginning