"Recent breakthroughs in science show we have just the capacities we need to face our planet's challenges. We're "soft-wired" for cooperation, empathy, fairness, along with a deep need to "make a dent," as social philosopher Erich Fromm put it. My hunch is that one reason depression is a global pandemic is that the dominant mental map denies so many of us expression of these deep needs and capacities."

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Frances Moore LappÃ©

#Compassion Quotes #Expression Quotes #Empathy Quotes

“It is true [the risk for travel is greater] for we now operate in a global market. Business travelers are conducting business all over the world as if they are conducting business in their own backyards.”

Source : "Risky business: Do I stay or go?" by Nick Easen, www.cnn.com. August 7, 2003.
“But in the end, I suppose, we only have one life to lead, and the roads not taken would always outnumber and outshine the roads we end up taking, day by day, without plan.”

Source : Davy Rothbart (2012). “My Heart Is an Idiot: Essays”, p.333, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
“We cannot change past events, no matter how painful, but we can always intend how we 'feel' about them and heal ourselves.”

Source : Robert Anthony (2004). “Beyond Positive Thinking: A No-Nonsense Formula for Getting the Results You Want”, p.104, Morgan James Publishing
“Then no matter what goes on around you in the physical universe, hang on to what you know.”
“Thank heavens when the first single Bye Bye came off this album work started to pick up, then I'm Alright has taken us across the world. Radio has been very good, it has chosen to be kind to us.”
“I didn't like to be restricted, because when you're in a choir, you have a part to sing and you sing it. I always liked singing on my own.”

Source : "Tom Jones: 'Spiritual songs are natural to me'". Interview With Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2010.
“I love chocolate chip cookies - really anything with chocolate will do!”
“The number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn.”

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