“I think being a woman alone enhanced the impulse in others to be generous. What we're told is that to be a woman alone is to be in a dangerous situation. The message is that people are gong to prey on you and do bad things to you. That may be true in some cases, but what I experienced was the other case.” PeopleThinkingMaySituationCasesDangerousMessagesBeing TrueImpulseGenerousBad ThingsPreyBeing A WomanGongsDangerous Situations Author:Cheryl Strayed
“I think God isn't interested in intervening every time some little bad thing happens. God is interested in getting the message of good news and love and comfort and hope across through people like us, ordinary people, or extraordinary people like Bono.” PeopleThinkingLittlesHappensComfortMessagesNewsOrdinaryAnd LoveExtraordinaryThings HappenBad ThingsGood NewsOrdinary PeopleBad Things HappenInterveningComfort And Hope Author:Philip Yancey
“We do look for inspiration amongst our own sex. Why not? You go into temples and they're full of all the lineage lamas who are male. What message does that give to a young girl, except that somehow she got trapped in the wrong body because of bad things she did in a past life?” GivingLooksDoeBodyInspirationPastYoungGirlSexMessagesMalesTemplesWhy NotBad ThingsTrappedPast LifeLamaLineage Author:Tenzin Palmo
“That to me is the basic message of events like the rise of Nazism, the Salem witch trials, and so on: not that bad people do bad things, but that good people do bad things.” PeopleEventsMessagesTrialsBad ThingsWitchGood PeopleBad PeopleNazismSalemWitch TrialsSalem Witch Trials Author:Neal Stephenson
“Even the best of us have certain psychological mechanisms that can suddenly kick in and turn us into monsters. That to me is the basic message of events like the rise of Nazism, the Salem witch trials, and so on: not that bad people do bad things, but that good people do bad things. It's distressingly easy for those mechanisms to be triggered, either consciously by demagogues, or naively by people who think they're trying to do the right thing. Which is why I think it's more akin to tic-tac-toe.” PeopleThinkingTryingCertainTurnsEasyEventsMessagesMonstersTrialsPsychologicalRight ThingKicksBad ThingsWitchGood PeopleMechanismToesBad PeopleNazismTicsSalemWitch TrialsSalem Witch TrialsTic Tacs Author:Neal Stephenson
“We must assume every event has significance and contains a message that pertains to our questions...this especially applies to what we used to call bad things...the challenge is to find the silver lining in every event, no matter how negative.” MatterUsedChallengesEventsMessagesNegativeAssumingOptimisticSilverSignificanceBad ThingsDifficult TimesSynchronicityCelestine Prophecy Book:The celestine prophecy: an adventure Source: The celestine prophecy: an adventure