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A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune. ↗

— Richard Whately

#children #fortune #gives #giving #habits

In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#angry #capacity #daily #daily life #deceitful

There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to. Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#attentive #become #benefits #created #feel

I've wanted to see beyond the Western, mechanical view of the world and see what else might appear when the lens was changed. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#beyond #changed #else #i #lens

In the past, it was easier to believe in my own effectiveness. If I worked hard, with good colleagues and good ideas, we could make a difference. But now, I sincerely doubt that. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#colleagues #could #difference #doubt #easier

We need to consume less. A lot less. Less food, less energy, less stuff. Fewer cars, electric cars, cotton T-shirts, laptops, mobile phone upgrades. Far fewer. Yet, every decade, global consumption continues to increase relentlessly. ↗

— Stephen Emmott

#environmentalism #science #food

Once you can write an alphabet, you can write a book of 100 million pages. It's just a matter of believing it as possible, and taking the cross millimetre by millimetre. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#achieve #alphabet #believe #believe-and-achieve #believing

There's all this stuff that is happening in Edinburgh now, it's a sad attempt to create an Edinburgh society, similar to a London society, a highbrow literature celebrity society. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#celebrity #create #edinburgh #happening #highbrow

My wife is the most awesome person in the universe. She's made this experience much less miserable for me, with her compassion, patience and understanding. ↗

— Wil Wheaton

#compassion #experience #her #less #made

Some ISPs are blocking all BitTorrent traffic, because BitTorrent can be used to share files in a piratical way. Hollywood lobbying groups are trying to pass laws which would force ISPs to block or degrade BitTorrent traffic, too. Personally, I think this is like closing down freeways because a bank robber could use them to get away. ↗

— Wil Wheaton

#bank #because #block #blocking #closing