Context Is Everything Quotes

“When we define ourselves, the result is complexity. We are none of us one thing, neither good nor bad. We are complex surviving organisms. We do appalling things to each other, rooted in trauma. We survive, we learn.”
― Ejeris Dixon, Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement

“The overwhelming conclusion across a large body of studies is that personality matters less than we think while the situation matters more than we think.”
― Geoffrey L Cohen, Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides - Library Edition