#om

Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers. ↗

— Mary Catherine Bateson

#blinkers #clearly #defined #goals #too

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving. ↗

— Mary Catherine Bateson

#giving #more #sharing #sometimes #than

The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy. ↗

— Mary Catherine Bateson

#combine #commitment #democracy #essential #skepticism

Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable. ↗

— Max Baucus

#durable #fundamentally #historic #large #large number

I believe strongly that the opportunity is here for us in America to finally have a healthcare system that we can really be proud of. But it's got to be one where everybody is involved. Everybody: consumers, employers, providers, health-insurance companies, everybody. ↗

— Max Baucus

#believe #companies #consumers #employers #everybody

There are significant human rights abuses in China. In some areas, the situation is worse today than in the past. In other areas, there have been improvements. We will recognize the latter, and be critical of the former. ↗

— Max Baucus

#been #china #critical #former #human

Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#common sense #dreams #earth #exist #little

Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#art #committed #effort #evil #fatally

Inspiration comes of working every day. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#day #every #every day #inspiration #working

Music fathoms the sky. ↗