“Power is required for communication. To stand before an indifferent or hostile group and have one's say, or to speak honestly to a friend truths that go deep and hurt these require self-affirmation, self-assertion, and even at times aggression. ... My experience in psychotherapy convinces me that the act which requires the most courage is the simple communication, unpropelled by rage or anger, of one's deepest thoughts to another.” SelfSpeakHurtSimpleGroupsCommunicationRageHonestlyConvinceAggressionIndifferentAffirmationHostileAssertionPsychotherapySelf AffirmationDeepest Thoughts Book:Power and Innocence: A Search for the Sources of Violence Source: Power and Innocence: A Search for the Sources of Violence
“I wish heroes didn't exist. Whenever we need a hero, it's because there's a problem that needs to be solved; it's because two groups of people, or two countries, are hurting one another, so a hero is needed to save us. If everyone were at peace, if everyone were happy, why would we need heroes? The world is better off without heroes.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsTwoCountryProblemWishHurtGroupsHeroNeededBetter OffTwo Countries Author:Jet Li
“If I look at the really important questions in [Middle East] region, I see Iran, where there is a strong desire for a freer society and where people are repressed by a small group of ayatollahs. I see Syria, where we can see a similar desire of the people to be free. These two countries fund Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations and are hurting our efforts in Afghanistan and have been extremely harmful in Iraq. Then I also see large, important countries such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia.” PeopleIfsLooksHas BeensTwoImportantCountryDesireStrongHurtEffortGroupsMiddleOrganizationIraqEastTerroristRegionsFundIranAfghanistanMiddle EastSyriaEgyptArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisSmall GroupsRepressedImportant QuestionsTwo CountriesHezbollahStrong Desire Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“In the natural order no matter what ideals may be theoretically possible, most people more or less live for themselves and for their own interests and pleasures or for those of their own family or group, and therefore they are constantly interfering with one another's aims, and hurting one another and injuring one another, whether they mean it or not.” PeopleMayMeanMatterOrderInterestNaturalHurtPleasureGroupsIdealsAimNo Matter WhatInterfereNatural Order Book:The Seven Storey Mountain Source: The Seven Storey Mountain
“A joke is either funny or it's not funny. If I hear a funny joke, you know what I do? I laugh, that's what I do. I don't start a focus group to see who got hurt by the joke.” IfsKnowsHurtLaughingFocusGroupsJokesFunny JokesFocus GroupsGot Hurt Author:Alonzo Bodden