But when the group is literally capable of changing our perceptions, and when to stand alone is to activate primitive, powerful, and unconscious feelings of rejection, then the health of these institutions seems far more vulnerable than we think.
So the next time you see a person with a compose face and a soft voice, remember that inside her mind she might be solving an equation, composing a sonnet, designing a hat. She might, that is, be deploying the powers of quiet.
One of the key characteristics of an elite corps is its susceptibility to those more powerful than itself. Elite power is naturally attracted to a power hierarchy and fits itself neatly, obediently into the one that promises the most personal benefit...
What interests me, personally, is work which in some way, speaks the truth to power…I don’t think we speak the truth to power for power’s ear, but for the ear and the imagination of future generations, who would seek to live in a world free fro...
I've been told that I have a lot of energy. The secret is that I use renewable resources. Some days I'm solar powered. Some days I'm wind powered. And some people in this room might think I'm hybrid gas-powered. You'll just have to guess which it is ...
Russell observes that "the merits of democracy are negative: it does not ensure good government, but it prevents certain evils," such as the evil of a small group of individuals achieving a secure monopoly on political power. The chief peril for the ...
Everywhere we shine death and life burn into something new…
What gets measured gets improved.
Nature generally struggles against this treatment for a while, until her powers seem in a great measure exhausted, when she quietly yields to the power of the art.
Knowledge is power. In the wrong hands, knowledge is trouble.
When at CROSSROADS.. Cross the Road..this way or that!
Leadership is beyond the call of Duty..
With great power comes a great need to take a nap.
Maintain an attitude of anticipating success!
God is all-powerful. God is all-capable. God is all-knowing.
Lo que el creativo saca a la luz es algo que estaba esperando ser extraído en todos.
Never take advice from a donkey.
Winning is a state of mind that embraces everything you do.
It's not about changing "them," it's about healing YOU.
I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry.
There are only two classes of people. "The Clear", powered by their confusion and "The Confused", powered by their clarity
