[extropy-chat] Proactionary Principle - one liners

[Acy James Stapp]

natashavita at earthlink.net wrote:
> I was having a little fun this morning after getting so many great
> comments about the Newsletter and the Proactionary Principle.  Thank
> you. Ruddi Hoffman suggested a short phrase.  That's what we are
> hoping to achieve. 
> 
> Right off the top (of a very sleepy brain that has not had coffee ...)
> 
> The Proactionary Principle protects the freedom to innovate.
> The Proactionary Principles guarantees your right to be intelligent.
> People who use the Proactionary Principle think smart about their
> future. Apply the Proactionary Principles and be the leader of your
> mind. 
> My Mind, my choice.  Proactionary Principle Now!
> 
> I'm sure Spike can do better ones :-)  Eli?
> 
> Natasha

Well, I'm not that well-spoken myself, so I'll let those who are speak
for me. These aren't really one-liners either.

=== The best ones ===

There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less
than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.
John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom.
Anais Nin (1903 - 1977)

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing
or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it,
learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn
about fear, not how to escape from it.
Jiddu Krishnamurti

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one
can go.
T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964)

A venturesome minority will always be eager to get off on their own...
let them take risks, for Godsake, let them get lost, sunburnt, stranded,
drowned, eaten by bears, buried alive under avalanches- that is the
right and privilege of any free American.
16 Idaho Law Review 407, 420 - 1980.

=== Others ===

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
George S. Patton (1885 - 1945)

First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.
Helmuth von Moltke (1800 - 1891)

The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf.
Shakti Gawain

I you don't risk anything you risk even more.
Erica Jong

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Herodotus (484 BC - 430 BC), The Histories of Herodotus