"Peace comes from being able to contribute the best that we have, and all that we are, toward creating a world that supports everyone. But it is also securing the space for others to contibute the best that they have and all that they are."

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Source : "Architects of Peace: Visions of Hope in Words and Images". Book edited by Michael Collopy and Jason Gardner, 2000.

Hafsat Abiola

#Peace Quotes #Creating Quotes #Space Quotes

“Perfection is impossible. Trying to do your best is important, but loving yourself and loving others should come first.”
“A soul-based workplace asks things of me that I didn't even know I had. It's constantly telling me that I belong to something large in the world.”
“You have a pet theory, one you have been turning over for years, that life itself is a kind of Rube Goldberg device, an extremely complicated machine designed to carry out the extremely simple task of constructing your soul.”

Source : Kevin Brockmeier (2008). “The View from the Seventh Layer: Stories”, p.103, Vintage
“Poor people, especially those of color, are worth nothing to corporations and private contractors if they are on the street. In jail and prisons, however, they can each generate corporate revenues of $30,000 to $40,000 a year.”
“If you can't pronounce a word correctly, just don't use it.”
“I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.”
“The logo is an identifier but it's also something that stands-in for who you are.”
“I'm obsessed with speed. I'm always asking myself, 'Why can't we do things faster? Why can't it happen more efficiently? Why is this requiring three meetings instead of one?'”

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