The Clarity Blog

“An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.” – Oscar Wilde

“When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed… And when you have a conflict, then it’s an educational process to try to resolve the conflict…you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.” – Dolores Huerta

“Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” – Elna Baker

“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.” – H. E. Luccock

“I want to be a force for real good. In other words. I know that there are bad forces, forces that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good.” – John Coltrane

“Governments stand because people sit; if people stand, governments will sit.” – Mehmet Murat ildan

“There’s an alternative. There’s always a third way, and it’s not a combination of the other two ways. It’s a different way.” – David Carradine

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” – Buckminster Fuller

“The best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.” – Margaret J. Wheatley

“Active Hope is not wishful thinking. Active Hope is not waiting to be rescued by some savior. Active Hope is waking up to the beauty of life on whose behalf we can act.” – Joanna Macy, Chris Johnstone

“You can have the other words – chance, luck, coincidence, serendipity. I’ll take grace. I don’t know what it is exactly, but I’ll take it. ” – Mary Oliver

“We are lonesome animals. We spend all of our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say—and to feel—‘yes, that is the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. You’re not as alone as you thought.” —John Steinbeck