Quotes About System

if, relative to K, K' is a uniformly moving co-ordinate system devoid of rotation, then natural phenomena run their course with respect to K' according to exactly the same general laws as with respect to K. This statement is called the Principle of Relativity (in the restricted sense).

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.

The system is a monster which devours people for the sake of its profits.

Round pegs in square holes tend to have dangerous thoughts about the social system and tend to infect others with their discontents.

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.

The impersonal forces of over-population and over-organization, and the social engineers who are trying to direct these forces, are pushing us in the direction of a new medieval system.

Notre époque est celle des incohérences systématisées, et l'imbécile que nous avons en nous est devenu l'un des Titans, sur les épaules de qui repose le poids du système social et économique. Le recueillement, ou domination des distractions, n'a jamais été plus nécessaire qu'à présent; jamais, non plus, on peut s'en douter, il n'a été aussi difficile

How can there ever be liberty under any system? No amount of profit-sharing or self-government by the workers, no amount of hyjeenic conditions or cocoa villages or recreation grounds can get rid of the fundamental slavery?—the necessity of working. Liberty? why, it doesn't exist! There's no liberty in this world; only gilded caiges.

For true Magick means to employ one set of natural forces at a mechanical advantage as against another set—I quote, as closely as memory serves, Thomas Henry Huxley , when he explains that when he lifts his water-jug—or his elbow—he does not defy the Law of Gravitation. On the contrary, he uses that Law; its equations form part of the system by which he lifts the jug without spilling the water.

All this relates to markets, because building a new transportation system is about building a new market system of production and exchange. If you do it right, you make things faster and more efficient. And you need government to do it.

To win in the markets, we need to master three essential components of trading: sound psychology, a logical trading system, and an effective risk management plan.

A loser's true problem is not account size but overtrading and sloppy money management. He takes risks that are too big for his account size, however small or big. No matter how good his system may be, a streak of bad trades is sure to put him out of business.

That would have been taken out of the Munrowe voice two or three generations ago through being educated at schools that modelled themselves on the English public-school system, even if they were in Scotland.

Instead of revamping school policies to welcome every child, many school systems are bent on revamping the students to conform to their schools.

Order is the key to all problems.

Leadership selection constitutes another operational test of whether a ranked system exists. The leadership of a subordinate group must be acceptable to the superordinate group, which is usually in a position to reject unacceptable leaders. Influence or prestige within the subordinate group by itself is not enough. Lack of group autonomy in leadership selection is a sure sign of ethnic subordination

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In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.

a system must consist of three kinds of things: elements, interconnections, and a function or purpose.

So, what is a system? A system is a set of things—people, cells, molecules, or whatever—interconnected in such a way that they produce their own pattern of behavior over time.

Missing information flows is one of the most common causes of system malfunction. Adding or restoring information can be a powerful intervention, usually much easier and cheaper than rebuilding physical infrastructure.

A system* is an interconnected set of elements that is coherently organized in a way that achieves something.

An important function of almost every system is to ensure its own perpetuation.

This ancient Sufi story was told to teach a simple lesson but one that we often ignore: The behavior of a system cannot be known just by knowing the elements of which the system is made.