Concept Quotes

“WHAT IS TRUTH?

Truth is not a thing
Or a concept.
It is as multidimensional
In its meaning
As it is in its reflection.
It is both invisible
And visible.
It carries tons of weight,
But can be carried.
It is understood first through the spirit
Before science,
And felt in the heart,
Before the mind.
Truth is not always heard by reason,
Because reason sometimes
Ignores Truth.

Always listen to your conscience.
Your conscience is your heart
And reason is your mind.
Your mind is simply there to reason
With your heart.
But remember,
Truth is in your heart,
And only through your heart
Can you connect to the light of God.
He who is not motivated by his heart
Will not see Truth,
And he who thinks only with his mind
Will be blind to Truth.
He who does not think
With his conscience,
Does not stand by God,
For the language of light
Can only be decoded by the heart.
He who reads and recites words of God
Also does not stand by God –
If he merely understands
Words with his mind
But not his heart.

Truth is black and white,
And the entire spectrum
Of colors in-between.
It can have many parts,
But has a solid foundation.
Truth lacks perfection,
For it is the reflection of all,
Yet its reflection as a whole,
Is more beautiful
Than the accumulated flaws
Of the small.
Truth is the only brand
Worth breathing
And believing.
So stand for truth
In everything you do,
And only then
Does your life have
Meaning.


Poetry by Suzy Kassem”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“In philosophy, metaphorical pluralism is the norm. Our most important abstract philosophical concepts, including time, causation, morality, and the mind, are all conceptualized by multiple metaphors, sometimes as many as two dozen. What each philosophical theory typically does is to choose one of those metaphors as "right," as the true literal meaning of the concept. One reason there is so much argumentation across philosophical theories is that different philosophers have chosen different metaphors as the "right" one, ignoring or taking as misleading all other commonplace metaphorical structurings of the concept. Philosophers have done this because they assume that a concept must have one and only one logic. But the cognitive reality is that our concepts have multiple metaphorical structurings.”
― George Lakoff, Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and its Challenge to Western Thought

“Kitabu cha KOLONIA SANTITA kinaweza kusomwa na watu wenye umri wa kuanzia miaka 13 na kuendelea. Katika umri wa miaka 13 fikra za mtoto huanza kuwa na maono na utambuzi wa vitu mbalimbali. Watoto katika umri huu wanao uwezo wa kuchambua dhana kadha wa kadha za kinadharia, na hali kadhalika wanao uwezo wa kuchambua nadharia tata zisizokuwa na uhakika, kama nadharia ya KOLONIA SANTITA.”
― Enock Maregesi

“It does not matter what religion you are, so long as your conscience guides your words and actions. We are all reflections of God means we are all reflections of his image — which is LIGHT. There is only one God and that is the cosmic heart of the universe — whatever you choose to call him or her. The heart within us is what connects us to God (the heart of the universe). This super basic concept is preached in all religions. God is TRUTH and LIGHT, and only through your conscience do you connect to him. Any person who does not use their conscience is very disconnected from God. Because again, the language of light can only be decoded by the heart.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“concept: me, sailing through the milky way with many-coloured stars caught in my hair. there's no pain up here, only laughter and peace”
― L.J. Buchanan

“concept: as i sleep, a star falls out of the sky. it makes its way down to me. it slips through my open window, floats into my chest and spreads its light throughout my body. it heals me”
― L.J. Buchanan, How To Fall Apart

“It isn't an idea until it’s created, irrespective of its result”
― PrasannaNPK

“Qu'est-ce qu'un pays sinon l'idée qu'on s'en fait ?”
― Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss

“The important concept of the solar wind is that Space is not empty. It is an energy and particle filled environment that interacts with whatever is in it! Astronomers call this 'Dark Energy'.”
― Steven Magee, Solar Radiation, Global Warming and Human Disease

“Our mind is our soul and we do not have any other soul. The concept of soul has been invented by ourselves to ease our fear of death.”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“concept: me, wandering through the morning fog of a flowery hillside. the world is still and silent and calm”
― L.J. Buchanan, How To Fall Apart

“concept: me, dancing alone in a moonlit meadow. everything looks silver. i'm not worried at all”
― L.J. Buchanan, How To Fall Apart

“concept: me, sleeping in a forest. flowers grow from my scars. moss fills the lonely parts of me. ferns are growing in the pit of my stomach where fear used to live”
― L.J. Buchanan, How To Fall Apart

“concept: me, sitting on top of a grassy mountain, taking deep breaths of fresh, pure air. i lay back and watch the clouds all day. there's no rush here”
― L.J. Buchanan, How To Fall Apart

“concept: tonight, the moon is close enough to kiss. i climb up into the tallest tree and we gaze at one another. i know she understands”
― L.J. Buchanan, How To Fall Apart

“concept: the worst is over. everything's going to be okay now.”
― L.J. Buchanan, How To Fall Apart

“concept: we swim amongst the stars. their iridescent light fills me with a sense of peace i didn't know i was capable of. my fingers are covered in starlight”
― L.J. Buchanan, How To Fall Apart

“concept: we whisper little kindnesses into the night, sending out love to no one in particular and everyone at once.”
― L.J. Buchanan, How To Fall Apart

“concept: like a forest ravaged by fire, i will grow back from this twice as strong.”
― L.J. Buchanan, How To Fall Apart

“Selon Gilles Deleuze et Félix Guattari:

[...]

"C'est une véritable haine qui anime la logique, dans sa rivalité ou sa volonté de supplanter la philosophie. Elle tue le concept deux fois. Pourtant le concept renaît, parce qu'il n'est pas une fonction spécifique, et parce qu'il n'est pas une proposition logique : il n'appartient à aucun système discursif, il n'a pas de référence. Le concept se montre, et ne fait que se montrer. Les concepts sont des monstres qui renaissent de leurs débris."

Il serait malaisé pour moi d'expliquer ce que ce passage veut dire [...]. Renaître de ses débris, pour un monstre, est une opération dont personne ne sait grand-chose. Ne pourrait-on pas aussi bien affirmer, avec autant de raisons, qu'un concept est une machine à laver ou un chameau ?”
― Roger Pouivet

“I've been living for too long abroad and aboard,
Methinking the concept of being grounded or floored.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, The Tao of Physical and Spiritual

“The concept of dignity of labour took people off the street.”
― Sunday Adelaja

“التعريف العام للإدارة، حسب ما نرى اعتماداً على مجموعة من التعاريف المعتمدة والشائعة الاستخدام في الأوساط العلمية، هو أنها "عملية تجميع عوامل الإنتاج المختلفة من رأس مال وقوى عاملة وموارد طبيعية أو مُصنَّعة، وتنظيمها في أجزاء متفاعلة من أجل استثمارها بأفضل الطرق الممكنة لتحقيق الأهداف المرجوة".”
― د. نادر الملاح, النظام الإداري الإسلامي

“لسنا نؤيد القول الذاهب إلى أن الإدارة بشكلها المنظم تعود إلى فجر التاريخ، وإن كنا لا ننكر أن الممارسات الإدارية التي كانت قائمة آنذاك تمثل جزءً مهما من هذه التراكمات التي أدت إلى قيام الأنظمة الإدارية وما نشهده اليوم من تطور في مفهوم وأساليب الإدارة، حيث ينبغي التفريق بين وجود النظام الإداري وقيام التنظيمات الإدارية، إذ لا يعني وجود التنظيم الإداري بالضرورة وجود نظام إداري مصاحبٍ له.”
― د. نادر الملاح, النظام الإداري الإسلامي

“نلاحظ في العديد من أدبيات الإدارة الحديثة خلط بعض الكُتّاب والمؤلفين بين أنواع الإدارة وتفريعاتها، حيث يُعطى عنوان "أنواع الإدارة" للتفريعات والأقسام مما تسبب في حالة من الإبهام في هذا الإطار لاتزال قائمة حتى اليوم بالأخص عند غير المختصين.”
― د. نادر الملاح, النظام الإداري الإسلامي

“التخطيط هو عملية ذهنية بطبيعتها تعتمد على التفكير الإبداعي والقدرة على استشراف المستقبل والتنبؤ بالأحداث والمتغيرات وخلق العلاقات والروابط بين المعطيات والمعلومات المتوفرة، من أجل بلورة الصورة حول موقف معين أو مواقف معينة، وسبل التعامل معها. ويعتبر عامل الزمن أحد العوامل المهمة في هذه المرحلة.”
― د. نادر الملاح, النظام الإداري الإسلامي

“Time' is the illusional domain occupied by the state of boredom. 'Space' is the infinite - reality - experienced by the state of higher creative consciousness. Choose wisely.”
― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

“عندما تقول أنك موافق من ناحية المبدأ فمعنى ذلك أنك لا تطبقه”
― أنيس منصور, قالوا

“A clever trick does not a concept make.”
― Larry Brooks, Story Engineering

“People are bad at looking at seeds and guessing what size tree will grow out of them. The way you’ll get big ideas in, say, health care is by starting out with small ideas. If you try to do some big thing, you don’t just need it to be big; you need it to be good. And it’s really hard to do big and good simultaneously. So, what that means is you can either do something small and good and then gradually make it bigger, or do something big and bad and gradually make it better. And you know what? Empirically, starting big just does not work. That’s the way the government does things. They do something really big that’s really bad, and they think, Well, we’ll make it better, and then it never gets better”.

Building Fast Companies for Growth, Inc. September 2013”
― Paul Graham