"The modern world needs people with a complex identity who are intellectually autonomous and prepared to cope with uncertainty; who are able to tolerate ambiguity and not be driven by fear into a rigid, single-solution approach to problems, who are rational, foresightful and who look for facts; who can draw inferences and can control their behavior in the light of foreseen consequences, who are altruistic and enjoy doing for others, and who understand social forces and trends."

-- Robert J. Havighurst

#Light Quotes #People Quotes #Identity Quotes

“Laughter is the closest distance between two people.”
“Are you open for this possibility of the energy source of breathing to go through you or are you collapsing? Are you open to this coming and going of air and the possibility-wea ther we sit, or stand, or lie-to allow this exchange of air through us?”
“Public â€˜career feministsâ€™ have been more concerned with getting more women into â€˜boardrooms,â€™ when the problem is that there are altogether too many boardrooms, and none of them are on fire,”
“I'm used to being productive, ever since I was young.”
“Royalty is my identity. Servanthood is my assignment. Intimacy with God is my life source.”

Source : Bill Johnson (2010). “Dreaming with God: Co-Laboring with God for Cultural Transformation”, p.85, ReadHowYouWant.com
“It's important for a dancer to wear very tight underpants. I used to feel a bit exposed if I wasn't being held up in the right place.”
“If you don't hit the target, you're never gonna score”
“Everything is flowing. The Great River of Time takes everything with it, and nothing in this world remains unchanged or stabilized.”

Source : Mouni Sadhu (2005). “Meditation: An Outline for Practical Study”, p.50, Karnac Books

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