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“The real you is not your initial reaction. The real you is your response that comes after your reaction. The real you is the one who can weave out of the grasp of the past and produce an authentic response that is based in the present.”
― Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future
― Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future
“A student like you, who can absorb what he is told but also think beyond it, is capable of anything.”
― The Sword of Kaigen
― The Sword of Kaigen
“Most of society is moving toward individualization—in medicine, fashion, entertainment, and many other areas where products and services are tailored and curated for each individual... It makes no sense that education is going in the opposite direction.”
― Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World
― Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World
“It's hard, really, really hard, in fact damn near impossible, to exercise power without it having some unexpected consequences. Doesn't matter what kind of power it is—magic, muscle, political office, electricity, moral authority. Use any of it, and you're going to find out that as a result, things happen that you didn't expect.”
― Peace Talks
― Peace Talks
“For the sickness that we are trying to combat is not racial in its origin. It definitely shows up in a racialized way because of how race has been codified into oppression and marginalization in this country for more than four hundred years. But the real sickness is an energy—an energy that, if we are not careful, we will allow to metastasize within our own marginalized groups. That energy commands that the only way for you to belong is for you to become me. It's narcissistic energy, rooted in colonialism, that suggests our way is the only way. It always leaves us with a zero-sum game of winners and losers.”
― Troubling the Water: The Urgent Work of Radical Belonging
― Troubling the Water: The Urgent Work of Radical Belonging
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