Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.
Interpretation
Some concise statements encapsulate profound truths, leaving no room for further discussion.
This quote reflects the power of words and the impact of succinct expressions. Jean Rostand suggests that certain brief sentences possess a unique quality that conveys deep meaning, rendering them so complete that they eliminate the need for additional commentary. Such sentences can evoke strong feelings and encapsulate truths that resonate profoundly with people, highlighting the beauty and effectiveness of simplicity in communication.
In practice
During a speech on effective communication, one might quote this to emphasize the power of brevity.
If a given scientist had not made a given discovery, someone else would have done so a little later. Johann Mendel dies unknown after having discovered the laws of heredity: thirty-five years later, three men rediscover them. But the book that is not written will never be written. The premature death of a great scientist delays humanity; that of a great writer deprives it.
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.
We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.
Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we.
When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic.
A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.
Take a look at your own heart, and you will soon find out what has stuck to it and where your treasure is. It is easy to determine whether hearing the Word of God, living according to it, and achieving such a life gives you as much enjoyment and calls forth as much diligence from you as does accumulating and saving money and property.
The knowledge of all things is possible
Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.
It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.
We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
Perhaps the best place to begin with an integral approach to business is with.. oneself. In the Big Three of self, culture, and world, integral mastery starts with self. How do body and mind and spirit operate in me? How does that necessarily impact my role in the world of business? And how can I become more conscious of these already operating realities in myself and in others?
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