7 April 2016

• Voracious:  Craving or consuming large quantities of food; exceedingly eager or avid
• A voracious economic system. (Guardian)
• Paper over: To gloss over, explain away, or patch up (as major difference or disparities) especially in order to maintain a semblance of unity or agreement.
• Pointing to our addiction to consumption as a clear sign we are trying to paper over our suffering, Thay suggests we should go in the opposite direction to the very heart of our pain, in order to transcend it. (Guardian)
• Ethos: The guiding beliefs of a person, group,  or organization. 
• But is it possible for business leaders to create transformation through the building of a community ethos within their companies? (Guardian)
•  I have never been in environment with so strong an ethos of service running through it. (Jim Collins-regarding West Point)