Kiersten Snyder

“Islam and Christianity promise eternal paradise to the faithful. And that is a powerful opiate, certainly, the hope of a better life to come. But there's a Sufi story that challenges the notion that people believe only because they need an opiate. Rabe'a al-Adiwiyah, a great woman saint of Sufism, was seem running through the streets of her hometown, Basra, carrying a torch in one hand and a bucket of water in the other. When someone asked her what she was doing, she answered, 'I am going to take this bucket of water and pour it on the flames of hell, and then I am going to use this torch to burn down the gates of paradise so that people will not love God for want of heaven of fear of hell, but because He is God.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“You are never too senior to do the dirty work, and unless you stay connected to that experience - even as you rocket to the top - you will fail to truly connect with the team you lead, diluting both your authority and your efficacy.”
― Jim McPartlin, The Enneagram at Work: Unlocking the Power of Type to Lead and Succeed

“I still think that maybe the "afterlife" is just something we made up to ease the pain of loss, to make our time in the labyrinth bearable. Maybe we are just matter, and matter gets recycled”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“it's equally important to develop the nuanced skills of giving feedback in a way that makes people receptive”
― Jim McPartlin, The Enneagram at Work: Unlocking the Power of Type to Lead and Succeed