“I believe a unique core self is born into every human being; the result of millennia of environment and heredity combined in an unpredictable way that could never happen before or again.” WayBelieveHumansSelfHappensI BelieveBornHuman BeingsResultsEnvironmentUniqueCoreUnpredictableHeredity Author:Gloria Steinem
“I no longer believe the conservative message that children are naturally selfish and destructive creatures who need civilizing by hierarchies or painful controls. On the contrary, I believe that hierarchy and painful controls create destructive people. And I no longer believe the liberal message that children are blank slates on which society can write anything. On the contrary, I believe a unique core self is born into every human being; the result of millennia of environment and heredity combined in an unpredictable way that could never happen before or again.” PeopleWayNeedsWritingBelieveHumansChildrenSelfHappensI BelieveBornHuman BeingsResultsFamilyEnvironmentCreaturesMessagesUniqueConservativePainfulContrarySelfishCoreDestructiveBlankUnpredictableHierarchySlateHeredityBlank Slates Author:Gloria Steinem
“When two seemingly disparate elements are imaginatively poised put in apposition in new and unique ways, startling discoveries often result.” WayTwoResultsElementsUniqueDiscovery Book:The medium is the massage: an inventory of effects Source: The medium is the massage: an inventory of effects
“There exists an infinite, eternal Being, subsisting of himself, who is one without being alone; for he finds in his own essence relations whence, with the necessary movement of his life, results the absolute plenitude of his perfection and his happiness. A Being unique and complete, God suffices to himself.” GodResultsMovementEternalUniquePerfectionEssenceRelationAbsolutesInfiniteBeing UniquePlenitude Author:Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire