The Clarity Blog

“I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth.” – Molly Ivins

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” – Alvin Toffler

“It’s not differences that divide us. It’s our judgments about each other that do.” -Margaret Wheatley

“The person more qualified to lead is not the physically stronger person. It is the more intelligent, the more knowledgeable, the more creative, more innovative. And there are no hormones for those attributes.”  -Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists

“We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world…”  -Wendell Berry, The Long-Legged House

“We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.” – Yoko Ono

“The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller. The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda of an entire generation that is to come.” — Steve Jobs

“The future ain’t what it used to be.” – Yogi Berra

“Creating problems is easy. We do it all the time. Finding solutions, ones that last and produce good results, requires guts and care.” – Henry Rollins

“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

“If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.” – Willie Nelson

“In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.” – Patti Smith

“Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always beat groups of selfish individuals.” – E. O. Wilson

“Let’s face it, the universe is messy. It is nonlinear, turbulent, and chaotic. It is dynamic. It spends its time in transient behavior on its way to somewhere else, not in mathematically neat equilibria. It self-organizes and evolves. It creates diversity, not uniformity. That’s what makes the world interesting, that’s what makes it beautiful, and that’s what makes it work.” – Donella Meadows

“It’s important to remember on this anniversary that the true meaning of Woodstock was spiritual. My line about ‘there is little bit of heaven in every disaster area’ was a realized truth.” – Wavy Gravy
 

“Nowadays everybody wants to become a leader. No one wants to become a servant. In reality, the world is badly in need of servants, not leaders. A real servant is a real leader.” – Amma