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Kurt Lewin
"Fortunately I experienced Max Wertheimer's teaching in Berlin and collaborated for over a decade with Wolfgang Köhler. I need not emphasize my debts to these outstanding personalities. The fundamental ideas of Gestalt theory are the foundation of all our investigations in the field of the will, of affection, and of the personality." --
Source : Kurt. Lewin, (2013). “A Dynamic Theory of Personality - Selected Papers”, p.231, Read Books Ltd
Kurt Lewin
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“In the heart or every caregiver is a knowing that we are all connected. As I do for you, I do for me.”
“It is already too late to avoid mass starvation”
Source : "Apocalypse Not: Here's Why You Shouldn't Worry About End Times" by Matt Ridley, www.wired.com. August 17, 2012.
“If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse off”
“For if consciousness is based on language, then it follows that it is of much more recent origin than has been heretofore supposed. Consciousness come after language! The implications of such a position are extremely serious.”
Source : Julian Jaynes (2000). “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind”, p.76, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Living by synchronicity isn't merely about getting messages. It is about growing the poetic consciousness that allows us to taste and touch what rhymes and resonates in the world we inhabit, and how the world-behind-th e-world reveals itself by fluttering the veils of our consensual reality.”
“A legacy is not about what you did while you were there it is what happens when you are gone”
“'Elections have consequences,' President Obama said, setting his new policy agenda just three days after taking office in 2009. Three elections later, the president's party has lost 70 House seats and 14 Senate seats. The job of Republicans now is to govern with the confidence that elections do have consequences, promptly passing the conservative reform the voters have demanded.”
“Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead.”
Source : Austin Kleon (2012). “Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative”, p.19, Workman Publishing