"Wisdom in groups emerges as a product of commitments we make with ourselves and to each other. These stances are not abstract rules but tangible practices that must be renewed each time we are in groups. They are essentially commitments and attitudes that foster collaboration and positive collective action."

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Source : Source: bobmorris.biz

Alan Briskin

#Attitude Quotes #Commitment Quotes #Collaboration Quotes

“There was a time when you were not a slave, remember that. You walked alone, full of laughter, you bathed bare-bellied. You say you have lost all recollection of it, remember . . . You say there are no words to describe this time, you say it does not exist. But remember. Make an effort to remember. Or, failing that, invent.”

Source : Monique Wittig (2007). “Les Guerilleres”, p.75, University of Illinois Press
“Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose”
“The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it once commanded. The image it once held for us all â€” that of aÂ dreamÂ we dreamt with our eyes open â€” has disappeared. Is it still possible that one thousand people might group together in the dark and experience the dream that a single individual has directed?”
“I was so afraid to even read a paper in front of my classmates. It is very funny because at that point my teachers would never have believed that I could speak in front of an audience of over 2,000 people.”

Source : "How supermodel Petra Nemcova's tragedy changed children's lives" by Hermione Hoby, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2011.
“Take it upon yourself where you live to make people around you joyful and full of hope.”
“Slogan-making is not poetry.”

Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org
“In inorganic chemistry the radicals are simple; in organic chemistry they are compounds—that is the sole difference.”
“Is climbing, as a passion and as a sport, better off now than it was in the past? We can do harder climbs now in faster times - techniques are more refined and equipement more sophisticated - but are we really any better off?”

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