“I'm committed to the idea that one of the few things human beings have to offer is the richness of unconscious and conscious emotional responses to being alive. ... The kind of esteem that's given to brightness/smartness obliterates average people or slow learners from participating fully in human life, particularly technical and intellectual life. But you cannot exclude any human being from emotional participation.” PeopleHumansKindIdeasGivenHuman BeingsAliveEmotionalOffersIntellectualConsciousResponseAverageCommittedEsteemHuman LifeUnconsciousParticipationRichnessBrightnessParticipatingLearnersSmartnessIntellectual LifeEmotional Response Author:Ntozake Shange
“There are very few people who have committed more to the pro-life discourse than Rob has. He's spent time in jail. He has really lived it. He has committed everything he's had to it. If in fact he believes that every human life was sacred, I knew that if he had his conscious awakened, I knew he wouldn't be able to close his eyes to it.” PeopleIfsBelieveHumansFactsEyeAbleConsciousSacredCommittedHuman LifeHis EyesJailDiscourseAwakenedPro Life Author:Abigail Disney
“Everyone receives spiritual formation, just as everyone gets an education. The only question is whether it is a good one or a bad one. We need to take a conscious, intentional hand in the developmental process. We need to understand what the formation of the human spirit is, and how it can best be done as Christ would have it done. This is an indispensable aspect of developing a psychology that is adequate to human life.” NeedsHumansDoneHandsSpiritualSpiritProcessChristPsychologyConsciousAspectDevelopingHuman LifeIndispensableHuman SpiritAdequateFormationDevelopmentalSpiritual Formation Author:Dallas Willard
“I detest violence. I have a tremendous respect not only for human life but also for the animal life that I have to live with, and I believe that our destiny as human beings is to become nature-conscious as well as self-conscious, living in loving relationship and in balance and in harmony, not only with one another, but with the entire natural world.” WorldBelieveHumansWellsSelfI BelieveNaturalHuman BeingsAnimalDestinyViolenceBalanceConsciousHarmonyHuman LifeOur DestinyNatural WorldSelf ConsciousDetestAnimal LifeLoving Relationships Author:Murray Bookchin