“The secret belief that the Lord of conscience loves and accepts each faithful sacrifice is the ultimate and sufficient support of all goodness; dispensing with the chorus of approving voices; replacing all vain self-reliance with a Divine strength; and with the peace of a reconciled nature consoling the inevitable sorrows of a devoted life.” SelfBeliefVoiceSecretAcceptingLordSupportSacrificeDivineSorrowGoodnessConscienceUltimateInevitableVainFaithfulSufficientDevotedSelf RelianceRelianceChorusConsolingApproving Book:Hours of thought on sacred things, sermons Source: Hours of thought on sacred things, sermons
“Trusting people to be creative and constructive when given more freedom does not imply an overly optimistic belief in the perfectibility of human nature. It is, rather, belief that the inevitable errors and sins of the human condition are far better overcome by individuals working together in an environment of trust and freedom and mutual respect than by individuals working under a multitude of rules, regulations, and restraints imposed upon them by another group of imperfect individuals.” PeopleHumansDoeTogetherIndividualBeliefGivenSinCreativeEnvironmentGroupsConditionsHuman NatureOvercomingErrorsOptimisticInevitableWorking TogetherMutualImperfectHuman ConditionRegulationMultitudesRestraintBe CreativeConstructiveMutual RespectTrusting People Author:Peter Senge
“I have come to the belief that there is not merely an accidental relationship between bad writing and routine sociological research, but a wonderfully pure, integral relationship; the awkwardness is necessary and inevitable.” WritingBeliefPureResearchInevitableRoutineAwkwardnessSociologicalBad Writing Author:Elizabeth Hardwick