Hypocrisy

به قول حافظ:

واعظان کین جلوه بر محراب و منبر می کنند         چون به خلوت می روند آن کار دیگر می کنند          

One of the most enduring characteristics of human civilization is the way ruling elites espouse beliefs radically at odds with their own behaviors.
~~ From an article in:
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6402

Evolve, A case for modernization as the road to salvation,
by: Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus

 

Piety

“Pieties are ways to settle arguments before they begin. We need to question them, to see what they are hiding”.

~ William Deresiewicsz

Changing the world by changing attitudes

"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world."



~ Jack Layton (1950 - 2011)

Science: A Collection of Truths, or Continuing Exploration of Mysteries?

The information flood has brought enormous benefits to science. The public has a distorted view of science, because children are taught in school that science is a collection of firmly established truths. In fact, science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries. Wherever we go exploring in the world around us, we find mysteries. Our planet is covered by continents and oceans whose origin we cannot explain. Our atmosphere is constantly stirred by poorly understood disturbances that we call weather and climate. The visible matter in the universe is outweighed by a much larger quantity of dark invisible matter that we do not understand at all. The origin of life is a total mystery, and so is the existence of human consciousness. We have no clear idea how the electrical discharges occurring in nerve cells in our brains are connected with our feelings and desires and actions.

Science is the sum total of a great multitude of mysteries. It is an unending argument between a great multitude of voices. It resembles Wikipedia much more than it resembles the Encyclopedia Britannica.

“How we know” Freeman Dyson

Anger

If you are right then there is no need to get angry
And if you are wrong then you don't have any right to get angry.

Patience with family is love,
Patience with others is respect,
Patience with self is confidence
and
Patience with GOD is faith.

Never Think Hard about PAST,
It brings Tears...
Don't Think more about FUTURE,
It brings Fears...
Live this Moment with a Smile,
It brings Cheers.!!!!

Every test in our life makes us bitter or better,
Every problem comes to make us or break us,
Choice is our whether we become victim or victorious !!!

Search a beautiful heart not a beautiful face.
Beautiful things are not always good
but good things are always beautiful

Author~~~ Unknown

بی‌انصافی

«بزرگترین عیب ما [ایرانی ها] بی‌انصافی است. بی‌انصافی دردآوری درباره‌ی دیگران»
«جامعه‌ای شایسته‌ی بقاست که در آن انسان ارجمند و عزیز و گرامی باشد.»

دکتر غلامحسین صدیقی

Freedom

"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated."
~~ Thomas Paine's The Crisis

چیرگی بر جور همچون چیرگی بر جهنم است.

لیک ما این آرامش را می توانیم داشته باشیم که هر چه کارزار سخت تر،  پیروزی نیز با شکوه تر.   

آنچه را که آسان بدست آوریم ارزش چندانی بر آن نمی انگاریم. 

ارزش هر چیز متناسب با جایگاه آن است، ذات هستی می داند که بهای هر چیز چقدر است. 

پس مباد آنکه ارزش موهبتی الهی چون "آزادی" اندک باشد. 

Life

I died as a mineral and became a plant,
I died as plant and rose to animal,
I died as animal and I was Man.
Why should I fear?
When was I less by dying?
~~ Molana Jalaluddin Rumi, Persian mystic poet (1207-1273)

Tolerance

I want to have the right to ignore your religion / belief, but I want to have laws that force me to tolerate it.

Democratic Values, Scientific Values

The scientific responsibility is observed in its finest form, but too often in relation to power. There is no negligence in safeguarding the interest of power; instead it is the rights of the people and the rights of the environment which is ignored. There is a need to reverse this relationship.

When democratic values and scientific values are aligned, human rights, environmental rights and consequently, quality of life and human aspirations are realized. Injustice and environmental devastation occurs when democratic and scientific values align with values of power.