“We cannot embrace His cross, and yet refuse our own. We cannot raise the cup of His remembrance to our lips, without a secret pledge to Him, to one another, to the great company of the faithful in every age that we, too, hold ourselves at God's disposal, that we will ask nothing on our own account, that we will pass simply into the Divine hand to take us whither it will.” HandsAgeAsksSecretCompanyDivineCrossesAccountsRaisesEmbraceLipsRefuseCupsFaithfulRemembrancePledgeGreat Company Book:Hours of thought on sacred things, sermons Source: Hours of thought on sacred things, sermons
“We wield an enormous influence over the world through how we choose to vote and what we choose to buy. Again, it's the power of numbers. If voters hold their leaders responsible for doing something about global warming, it will get done. If most people refuse to buy products from companies that, for example, wrap products in more plastic than necessary, pretty soon the plastic wrapping will stop.” PeopleIfsWorldDoneNumbersCompanyLeaderInfluenceExampleProductsVoteResponsibleRefuseEnormousGlobal WarmingVotersPlasticWrapsWrapping Book:Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming Source: Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming
“Contrary to what you think, your company will be a lot more productive if you refuse to tolerate competition among your employees.” IfsThinkingCompanyCompetitionRefuseContraryEmployeeProductiveTolerate Author:Alfie Kohn