"Ultimately, work on self is inseperable from work in the world. Each mirrors the other; each is a vehicle for the other. When we change ourselves, our values and actions change as well. When we do work in the world, internal issues arise that we must face or be rendered ineffective."

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Source : Charles Eisenstein (2011). “Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition”, p.122, North Atlantic Books

Charles Eisenstein

#Mirrors Quotes #Self Quotes #Issues Quotes

“I don't want a simple life. I want an extraordinary continuous adventure. That's the problem. I just want more. I want it all & everything in-between.”
“I will be waiting here.... For your silence to break, For your soul to shake, For your love to wake!”
“Actors can't retire. What would they do?”
“I hope I'm in a position to make stuff that I really want to make as opposed to stuff that I just have to make for money reasons, or to sustain a certain marquee value.”
“Well I do find the beauty in animals. I find beauty everywhere. I find beauty in my garden.”
“Easterly, a celebrated economist, presents one side in what has become an ongoing debate with fellow star-economist Jeffrey Sachs about the role of international aid in global poverty. Easterly argues that existing aid strategies have not and will not reduce poverty, because they don't seriously take into account feedback from those who need the aid and because they perpetuate western colonial tendencies.”
“I realized that, instead of moving people closer to a salvation decision, an answer can push them further away. Rather than engaging their minds or urging them to consider an alternative perspective, an answer can give them ammunition for future attacks against the gospel.”
“To be engaged in some small way in the revival of one of the great cities of the world is to live a meaningful existence by default.”

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