The Clarity Blog

“Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of humans as self-sufficiency. Humans are social beings.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“When copies are free, you need to sell things that cannot be copied. Well, what can’t be copied? Trust, for instance.” – Kevin Kelly

“I’m not going to knock on any closed doors. I’m going to make my own door.” – Ana DuVernay*

“Beware of monotony; it’s the mother of all the deadly sins.” – Edith Wharton

“It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.” – Roy E. Disney

“Let’s do it right. This is for the ages.” – I. M. Pei

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.” – Marianne Williamson

“Other people are answers to questions, and the biggest question is what question they’re answering.” – Questlove

“The point is to explore whatever may be helpful for thinking, understanding, and acting responsibly over long periods of time.” – Stewart Brand

“You know when you throw a party, you think people will show up and no one will like each other. It’s like that with music – parts of your musical psyche have never met other parts. You wonder if you should get them together.” – Tom Waits

“More and more I find I want to be living in a Big Here and a Long Now.” – Stewart Brand

“People have the power to redeem the work of fools.” – Patti Smith

“Problem solving is by definition focused on addressing what exists and attempting to make it better. True innovation comes from reaching for the potential in something: it’s possible manifestations that don’t yet exist.” – Carol Sanford

“Now and then, someone is able to look at an empty space, conclude it would be a great place to start a revolution, and bravely go forward.” – Henry Rollins

“Not all of us are painters but we are all artists. Each time we fit things together we are creating – whether it is to make a loaf of bread, a child, a day.” – Sister Corita Kent

“Everyone in a complex system has a slightly different interpretation. The more interpretations we gather, the easier it becomes to gain a sense of the whole.” – Margaret J. Wheatley