"... what we should be looking for is fresh ideas of how we make moral decisions about our dealings with one another, economic, social, cultural. Economic determinism is an objectionable creed where men and women espouse it in its communist or capitalist form because it treats human beings as economic units and not as responsible persons."

-- Davis McCaughey

#Leadership Quotes #Men Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Gandhi once declared that it was his wife who unwittingly taught him the effectiveness of nonviolence. Who better than women should know that battles can be won without resort to physical strength? Who better than we should know all the power that resides in noncooperation?”

Source : Barbara Deming (1984). “We Are All Part of One Another: A Barbara Deming Reader”
“You don't get over hating to cook, any more than you get over having big feet.”
“As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery. We have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger and attachment, fear and suspicion, while love and compassion, a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness.”
“They say money talks, but all mine ever says is 'good-bye sucker.”
“The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.”
“Never run from what you don't understand, as it will be waiting for you every time you come to a stop.”

Source : FaceBook post by Guy Finley from Apr 26, 2017
“Teach one girl how to code, she'll teach four. The replication effect is so powerful.”
“The world about us would be desolate except for the world within us.”

Source : Wallace Stevens (1951). “The Relations Between Poetry and Painting”

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