#spreading

Islam, the third in historical sequence of the ethical monotheistic religions of the Near East, was very successful in establishing its monotheism, but had only very moderate success in spreading its version of Jewish and Christian ethics to the Arabs. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#christian #east #establishing #ethical #ethics

For when we talk about the spreading power and influence of globalization, aren't we really referring to the spreading economic and military might of the US? ↗

— Fredric Jameson

#economic #globalization #influence #might #military

The hope of Internet anarchists was that repressive governments would have only two options: accept the Internet with its limitless possibilities of spreading information, or restrict Internet access to the ruling elite and turn your back on the 21st century, as North Korea has done. ↗

— Peter Singer

#accept #access #back #century #done

But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees. ↗

— Elliott Smith

#around #bamboo #doing #gravel #i

Your joy can be the impetus that motivates others to find their way to joy. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#inspiration #inspirational-quotes #joy #kindness #spreading-sunshine

Spend as much time as possible with positive, joyful people and as little time as possible with negative, unhappy people. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#joy #positive-and-joy #positivity #shining-your-light #spreading-sunshine

A wealthy landowner cannot cultivate and improve his farm without spreading comfort and well-being around him. Rich and abundant crops, a numerous population and a prosperous countryside are the rewards for his efforts. ↗

— Antoine Lavoisier

#around #cannot #comfort #countryside #crops

A second characteristic of our time is the prevalence of nationalism. This is still spreading, affecting new communities, more peripheral regions and so-called backward peoples. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#backward #characteristic #communities #more #nationalism

African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations. ↗

— Mos Def

#art #cheering #collect #dormant #functional

We've had risk assessments performed by Harvard University, which said that even if we did have a small number of cases in this country that the likelihood of it spreading or getting into any kind of human health problem is very, very small. ↗

— Ann Veneman

#assessments #cases #country #did #even