"A peaceful soul haunts the warring mind."

“Unbelief is a belief.”

“Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.”

“This constitution we designate by the word genotype. The word is entirely independent of any hypothesis; it is fact, not hypothesis that different zygotes arising by fertilisation can thereby have different qualities, that, even under quite similar conditions of life, phenotypically diverse individuals can develop.”

“We need to stop playing Privilege or Oppression Olympics because we'll never get anywhere until we find more effective ways of talking through difference. We should be able to say, “This is my truth,” and have that truth stand without a hundred clamoring voices shouting, giving the impression that multiple truths cannot coexist.”

Source : "Peculiar benefits" by Roxane Gay, therumpus.net. May 16, 2012.

“We need to look at the repetitions in the stories we tell ourselves [and] at the process of the stories rather than merely their surface content. Then we can begin to experiment with changing the filter through which we look at the world, start to edit the story and thus regain flexibility where we have been getting stuck”

“I wouldn't mind meeting some of the people I've attempted to portray from the olden, olden days. They probably would all have really terrible skin and horrible bad breath, and I'd have to give them an Altoid.”

“The care leadership strategy is simple: be a model. Commit yourself to your own personal mastery. Talking about personal mastery may open people's minds somewhat, but actions always speak louder than words. There is nothing more powerful you can do to encourage others in their quest for personal mastery than to be serious in your own quest.”

“We must act as if our institutions are ours to create, our learning is ours to define, our leadership we seek is ours to become.”

Source : Peter Block (2003). “The Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters”, p.92, Berrett-Koehler Publishers