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“We Homo sapiens are the only species (so far) with richly cumulative culture, and the key ingredient of culture that makes this possible is language.”
― Daniel C. Dennett, From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds

“The challenge is not to eliminate conflict but to transform it. It is to change the way we deal with our differences”
― Roger Fisher, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In

“I used to believe that gratitude for life came from being happy, but I have come to realize that the reverse is also true, perhaps even more so: being happy comes from feeling grateful for life.”
― William Ury, Getting to Yes with Yourself:

“I have seen, over and over, the connection between tuning in to what brings aliveness into our systems and bring able to access personal, relational and communal power. Conversely, I have seen how denying our full, complex selves—denying our aliveness and our needs as living, sensual beings—increases the chance that we will be at odds with ourselves, our loved ones, our coworkers, and our neighbors on this planet.”
― Adrienne Maree Brown, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good