"A nation cannot afford to do a mean thing."

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Source : Charles Sumner (2016). “The Complete Works of Charles Sumner”, p.5771, Library of Alexandria

Charles Sumner

#Mean Quotes #Meanness Quotes

“If the church could catch a vision for using video technology to present an authentic presentation of the life of the church - not rehearsed videos, but spontaneous records of conversations, laughing with one another, weeping with one another, people sharing their lives, etc. - the average person might take notice.”
“What most interests me is human connection, whether it's on the street, in community, through music, storytelling, and shared experience. People tell me to be a rock cellist, make money, and give up on the activism so I can make more money.”
“My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.”
“But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.”
“Around New York, our group had become known as 'Dee Dee and her girls' because we were used on everything, so going out on a solo career wasn't as much a big deal to me.”
“Empathy provides more than just information about relationships. It is an expression of being in relationship. It is not just a means to better healing relationship, but because it recenters relationship as a central organizing feature of psychic life, empathy itself is healing. The experience of being known and accepted deeply by another, being aware of another being aware of you, what Jordan calls "mutual empathy".”
“Green thoughts emerge from some deep source of stillness which the very fact of winter has released.”
“If you are a writer you're at home, which means you're out of touch. You have to make excuses to get out there and look at how the world is changing.”

Source : "What keeps Roddy rooted" by Nicci Gerrard, www.theguardian.com. April 15, 2001.

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