"Community is and must be inclusive. The great enemy of community is exclusivity. Groups that exclude others because they are poor or doubters or divorced or sinners or of some different race or nationality are not communities; they are cliques--actually defensive bastions against community."

-- M. Scott Peck

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“I loved, I was loved, my health was good, I had a great deal of money, and I spent it, I was happy and I confessed it to myself.”
“the less you respect, the less respectable you are; the less you honor, the less in you is to be honored. There are those 'whom not to know argues one's self unknown,' so if you have no reverence in a world where there is so much that is noble and venerable, then there will be something terrible lacking in your own character.”
“I don't begin a novel or a screenplay until I know the ending. And I don't mean only that I have to know what happens. I mean that I have to hear the actual sentences. I have to know what atmosphere the words convey.”
“You can't force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves”

Source : Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty (2013). “Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success”, p.16, Penguin
“And this presence of the Spirit will enlighten not only yellow skin people or white skin people but even black skin people. I believe in the last days the Spirit of God will be poured out in the nations of Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. Because Jesus Christ is the Lord. Jesus Christ is the Lord of the Universe. Amen.”
“We need to show that we know and understand and can reflect today's Britain. Today we don't.”
“People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.”
“If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor.”

Source : "Multiple Sclerosis". The Washington Post Live Online discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. June 2, 2004.

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