Critical Juncture Quotes

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.

It’s only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve.

The day came. The wrath descended. Sin, guilt, and retribution? The manic psychoses of those entities we referred to as states, institutions, systems - the powers, the thrones, the dominations - the things which perpetually merge with men and emerge from them? Our darkness, externalized and visible? However you look upon these matters, the critical point was reached. The wrath descended.

So much in life came down to timing.

The big-time player makes big-time plays in big-time games and that's what we need to keep doing.

It would be the most crucial day of the entire war.

History can turn on a dime…there are moments where one person can really make a difference.

Sometimes your whole life boils down to one insane move.

Every crisis has both its dangers and its opportunities. Each can spell either salvation or doom.

The truth is that we're at a critical juncture in the history of our species and if we don't act soon, we could inhabit a world we don't recognize anymore. But the most important truth is that we are capable of stopping climate change before the worst of its consequences are locked in. The solutions exist - all we need is the will to do something about it.

I've come to believe that in everyone's life, there's one undeniable moment of change, a set of circumstances that suddenly alters everything.

The die is cast. The people have passed the river and cut away the bridge. Last night three cargoes of tea were emptied into the harbor. This is the grandest event which has ever yet happened since the controversy with Britain opened.

When is a crisis reached? When questions arise that can't be answered.

In every life there is a turning point. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and clear that one feels as if one's been hit in the chest, all the breath knocked out, and one knows, absolutely knows without the merest hint of a shadow of a doubt that one's life will never be the same.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise to the occasion. We cannot escape history. We will be remembered in spite of ourselves. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honour or dishonour, to the last generation. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, our last best hope of Earth.

I think we could be at a tipping point

To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity'

There comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense... a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve. - Bertrand Zobrist

It's been a long time coming but the reality is that this process is at a crossroads.

You never know. One point can make a difference in the end.

The human family is at a critical juncture. The world is moving through a great transition. This transition is economic, as the digital revolution advances and as new powers and groups emerge.

The time comes in the life of any nation when there remains only two choices - submit or fight.

Humanity is now experiencing history's most difficult evolutionary transformation.

We have reached an important point when the end begins to come into view.

When a man ends up in the White House who boasts about not having a clue and who says that specialist knowledge is elite nonsense, then a critical point has been reached. Then you will have an obviously irresponsible man sitting in a position that requires the utmost degree of responsibility.