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“None of us is as good as we think we are. Every one of us is more than we think we can be.”

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Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki, born in 1929, is an accomplished author known for her diverse works spanning history, biography, and science fiction. Her distinctive writing style has won her a dedicated following among readers. more

“Invitation is not only a step in bringing people together, it is also a fundamental way of being in a community. It manifests the willingness to live in a collaborative way. This means that a future can be created without having to force or sell it or barter for it. When we believe that barter or subtle coercion is necessary, we are operating out of a context of scarcity and self-interest, the core currencies of the economist.”

People Way Believe Mean Self Together Force Interest Community Steps Fundamentals Sells Core Subtle Willingness Currency Economist Invitations Self Interest Coercion Scarcity

Author:Peter Block

“As long as we wish for safety, we will have difficulty pursuing what matters.”

Long Matter Wish Difficulty Safety What Matters

Book:The Answer to how is Yes: Acting on what Matters

Source: The Answer to how is Yes: Acting on what Matters

“What worked yesterday is the gilded cage of tomorrow.”

Tomorrow Yesterday Cages Gilded

Author:Peter Block

“How to use and leverage the presence and power of certain places for accessing the authentic dimension of self in individuals and in communities, is one of the most interesting research questions for the years to come.”

Years Self Use Certain Individual Community Interesting Research Dimensions Most Interesting

Author:Otto Scharmer

“The time between your first major fight with your best friend until you make up is, for a teenage girl, about as long as it took for God to create the universe. . . . It's excellent training for having a boyfriend.”

Firsts Long Girl Fighting Universe Majors Training Excellent Teenage Your Best Friend Teenage Girl

Book:The Madonnas of Echo Park: A Novel

Source: The Madonnas of Echo Park: A Novel

“Faith is a luxury for those who are able to ignore what the rest of us must see every day. Pessimism, distrust, and irony are the holy trinity of my religion, irony in particular.”

Able Particular Holy Luxury Irony Pessimism Distrust Trinity Holy Trinity

Book:The Madonnas of Echo Park: A Novel

Source: The Madonnas of Echo Park: A Novel

“Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.”

Character Impulse Steady Continuance

Author:Charles Henry Parkhurst

“Faith is the heroism of the intellect.”

Intellect Heroism

Author:Charles Henry Parkhurst

“Purpose, and to be thoroughly wedded to that purpose, is three quarters of salvation.”

Purpose Three Salvation Quarters

Book:Talks to Young Men

Source: Talks to Young Men

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