Quotes about System

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.

According to Feynman, a system has not just one history but every possible history.

Most laws of nature exist as part of a larger, interconnected system of laws.

For example, a computer virus is a program that will make copies of itself in the memory of a computer, and will transfer itself to other computers. Thus it fits the definition of a living system that I have given. Like a biological virus, it is a rather degenerate form, because it contains only instructions or genes, and doesn't have any metabolism of its own. Instead, it reprograms the metabolism of the host computer, or cell.

That we manifest our approbation of the Westminster Assembly's Catechism, as containing an excellent system of divinity; and we purpose to preach agreeably to the doctrines of the Bible exhibited therein.

To me, there are four F's in a good tax system: it ought to be flatter, fairer, finite and family-friendly.

What I agree with is that we need a significantly changed taxation system. And the one that I've advocated is based on tithing, because I think God is a pretty fair guy. And he said, you know, if you give me a tithe, it doesn't matter how much you make.

I feel like there's this misconception that immigrants come here and just don't care about the system and paying taxes, and that's not true.

I think that's a part of what motivates me in my teaching and writing. Once the Gospel feels mainstream and becomes a nicely organized, orchestrated belief system, frankly, I don't think there is even an attraction to the human spirit.

It is a fraud of the Christian system to call the sciences human invention; it is only the application of them that is human.

Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.

Whether we choose it or not, almost all expressions of church in the West are implicitly vulnerable to nondiscipleship, professionalized ministry, spiritual passivity, and consumerism. The problem is rooted in the profoundly nonmissional assumptions of the system itself.