#pow

Concentrated power is bad" "(name of chapter) ↗

— William J Federer

#power #change

Another important consequence in the arrival of digital technology and its facilitation of feedback is that we can look at large systems and recognize them once more not only as part of ourselves, but also as components that can change... Now, though, we live in a world where text is fluid, where is responds to our instructions. Writing something down records it, but does not make it true or permanent. So why should we put up with a system we don't like simply because it's been written somewhere? ↗

— Nick Harkaway

#culture #power #society #systems #text

The very "least" among us has the enormous power to effect change through small acts of determination and will. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#change #determination #power #will #change

Lay down your cynicism, and believe in the transformational power of love. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#change #distrust #love #negativity #power

I don't know what to do, and if I did know what to do I wouldn't tell you, because if I had to tell you today then I'd have to tell you tomorrow, and when I'm gone you'd have to get somebody else to tell you. ↗

— Myles Horton

#empowerment #learning #the-answer #change

Change is the most beneficial power available to you, simply change the things you don't like, replacing them with your true desires. ↗

— Steven Redhead

#change #desires #power #true #change

They think the government shows people everything —how to work, study, eat, sleep and that’s it. They are afraid of change. They do not understand that if you want to do something, you should do it. You are free, people, free! ↗

— Anton Krotov

#fear #free #government #power #change

Maybe she had some sort of extraordinary quality, secret even to her. Maybe she did have the power to alter the things she'd always assumed she'd have to endure. ↗

— Anna North

#change-the-world #endure #power #change

Curiosity is a youthful beauty. Connected to joy and slipping around old beliefs, it urges us to investigate rather than assume. ↗

— Jeanne McElvaney

#change-your-life #gotospirit-com #jeanne-mcelvaney #life-purpose #old-maggie-s-spirit-whispers

If you want to change a whole people, then you start with the girls. It stands to reason: they learn faster, and they pass on what they learn to their children. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#girl-power #change