“The point is, art never stopped a war and never got anybody a job. That was never its function. Art cannot change events. But it can change people. It can affect people so that they are changed – because people are changed by art – enriched, ennobled, encouraged – they then act in a wayContinue reading “Art Changes People”
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On Strength and Weakness
“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding.” ~ Bill Bullard “We think that forgiveness is weakness,Continue reading “On Strength and Weakness”
The Gifts of Controversy
“Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.” ~ Yehuda Berg “WeContinue reading “The Gifts of Controversy”
Fear of Success
“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” ~ George S. Patton “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” ~ Michael Jordan “A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.” ~ Billie Jean King “Do something you really like,Continue reading “Fear of Success”
We Can Change the World
“Conflict must be resolved. It cannot be evaded, set aside, denied, disguised, seen somewhere else, called by another name, or hidden by deceit of any kind, if it would be escaped. It must be seen exactly as it is, where it is thought to be, in the reality which has been given it, and withContinue reading “We Can Change the World”
Sage Woman Chronicles 