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A popular Nguni-language saying is “Umuntu Ngumuntu Ngabantu.” In English, we say “We are people through other people.” We affirm our humanity when we acknowledge that of others.
Frank Forencich • The Art is Long: Big Health and the New Warrior Activist
nelson mandela: "thinking too well of people often allows them to behave better than they otherwise would"
It would be a magical billboard that would display something unique for each person who looked at it. The billboard would be able to mind-read, figuring out which group of people the viewer was most one-dimensionalizing, demonizing, and dehumanizing in their heads. For one viewer today, that might be Trump voters. For another, it might be Muslims.
... See moreTimothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lots of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and
... See moreAnn Patchett • These Precious Days: Essays
I remember reading this quote from Elie Wiesel years ago and it’s become a practice for me—even when I’m enraged or afraid: “Never allow anyone to be humiliated in your presence.”
Brené Brown • Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Americans in their fight against white supremacy, I cannot limit God's revelation to Jesus or to the fight against white racism. God's reality is much bigger than the black experience and the concepts black theologians create from it. No one people's language and experience are capable of capturing the full reality and presence of God.
James H. Cone • God of the Oppressed
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change t
... See moreWalter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
Calvert readjusted his will so that Wordsworth would get £900 on the event of his death. Calvert serves as the patron saint of a rare sort of social type: the person who can see a gift in others, push that person toward their vocation, and provide practical assistance to make it happen.