“America can restore its strengths as the world-respected land of opportunity by returning to open-society principles. An open society invests in people and new ideas, rewards talent and hard work, values dialogue and learns from dissent, operates to high standards with transparent information, looks for common ground, sees problems as opportunities for creative change, and encourages those who are fortunate to help others get the same chance, because service is the highest ideal. With such standards in mind, America the Beautiful can return to its admired role as America the Principled.” PeopleWorldMindLooksIdeasHardHelpingProblemAmericaBeautifulValuesOpportunityChanceCommonPrinciplesRolesCreativeLandTalentInformationHard WorkReturnHighestStandardsIdealsRewardsHelping OthersDialogueFortunateNew IdeasTransparentDissentCommon GroundHigh StandardsPrincipledLand Of OpportunityTalent And Hard Work Book:America the Principled: 6 Opportunities for Becoming a Can-Do Nation Once Again Source: America the Principled: 6 Opportunities for Becoming a Can-Do Nation Once Again
“In the word question, there is a beautiful word - quest. I love that word. We are all partners in a quest. The essential questions have no answers. You are my question, and I am yours - and then there is dialogue. The moment we have answers, there is no dialogue. Questions unite people.” PeopleMomentsBeautifulAnswersEssentialsPartnersDialogueQuestsBeautiful WordsEssential Questions Author:Elie Wiesel
“There was a Socratic style of life (which the Cynics were to imitate), and the Socratic dialogue was an exercise which brought Socrates' interlocutor to put himself in question, to take care of himself, and to make his soul as beautiful and wise as possible.” SoulCareBeautifulWiseStyleExerciseTake CareDialogueSocratic Author:Pierre Hadot