"Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?"

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"Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?"

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"Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in the creative flux. You can't invent a design. You recognize it, in the fourth dimension. That is, with your blood and your bones, as well as with your eyes."

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"Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance."

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"Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance."

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"I have yet to learn that I am not designed to carry the burden of men. Rather, I am designed to carry the love of God so that I might soothe the burden of men."

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"Often we don't see the majesty of God's design because we're caught up in the mediocrity of our own designs."

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"Your body is a complete marvel. The more you study its anatomy and how each part works in harmony, the more you will be convinced that you didn't just evolve. You were designed from the beginning by the hand of a Master."

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"Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?"

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"It is instructive, for instance, to trace the computer industry's decline in vision, idealism, creativity, romance and sheer fun as it becomes more and more important and prosperous."

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"To reject even one major tenet of the religion or to violate one major rule of behavior is enough to get one kicked out - or worse."

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"Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail."

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"Military organization, like religious organization, can be seen as a paradigm of organization in general."

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"Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear."

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