"In fact, life is our greatest teacher. Whatever we are doing can be instructive, whether we are at the office, or talking to our spouse, or driving a car on the freeway. If we are present to our experiences, the impressions of our activities will be fresh and alive, and we will always learn something new from them. But if we are not present, every moment will be like every other, and nothing of the preciousness of life will touch us."

Source : Don Richard Riso, Russ Hudson (1999). “The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types”, Bantam

Don Richard Riso

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“It's a cliche that the Senate is broken, and like most cliches, it's true.”

Source : "Transcript: George Packer on ‘The Empty Chamber’". Interview with Tom Casciato, www.pbs.org. October 29, 2010.
“I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.”

Source : Anne Morrow Lindbergh (2012). “Against Wind and Tide: Letters and Journals, 1947-1986”, p.43, Pantheon
“History is a process of transformation through conversation. In our efforts to produce change,we often forget how important it is to pay attention to what is being conserved.”
“I don't believe in democracy. In the second place, neither did our white forefathers. I believe, as they did, in a republican authoritarian republic with a limited electorate -- just like the one the writers of our Constitution meant this country to be. When these white Christian patriots sat down to write the Declaration of Independence, there were no black citizens for them to worry about.”

Source : Interview with Alex Haley, Playboy, April 1966.
“Lord, we don't need another mountain.”

Source : Song: What The World Needs Now Is Love
“Everything you want in life has teeth.”
“Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity.”

Source : "eBay Founder Pierre Omidyar On Why He’s Dropped $1 Billion To Make The World A Better Place" by Eleanor Goldberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 20, 2011.
“The great end of life is not knowledge but action.”

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