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Make A Difference Quotes

    “The way out of the dehumanizing effects of modern capitalism and industrialism is not to change the system but to read good books.”

    Thomas Moore, Original Self | ★ Featured on this book list.

      “We are a population that is satisfied with sound-bite news, instant and opinionated political analysis, manipulative popular psychology, and insubstantial novels and magazines.  At the same time, and understandably, we feel the absence of meaning and are speechless when we learn of atrocities in our society.  We don’t know how to think about them because we don’t know how to think, and we don’t know how to think because we don’t believe that thinking for its own sake is worthy of our attention.  We educate our children to make a good living rather than to become thinking persons, and often we honor as celebrities those who have not made a genuine contribution to society but who mirror our own madness.”

      Thomas Moore, Original Self | ★ Featured on this book list.

        “One option is to struggle to be heard whenever you’re in the room… Another is to be the sort of person who is missed when you’re not.  The first involves making noise.  The second involves making a difference.”

        Seth Godin, Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck?

          “We make a difference to other people when we give gifts to them, when we bring emotional labor to the table and do work that matters.  It’s hard for me to imagine that this way of living and working is available to only a few.  Yes, the cards are unfairly stacked against too many people.  Yes, there are too many barriers and not enough support.  But no, your ability to create and contribute isn’t determined at birth.  It’s a choice.” ~ Seth Godin, Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck?

            “It feels much better to contribute to spreading love, than to contribute to destroying hate. Because ultimately, hate only exists from a lack of love. Darkness only exists from the absence of light.”

            Apollo Poetry, Good Men Project

              “I can focus all my energy on trying to destroy the old world, or I can spend my energy on trying to create a better one.”

              Apollo Poetry, Good Men Project

                “Noticing the problem does not change the problem. While of course, awareness is a critical first step, action is the absolute necessary step.”

                Apollo Poetry, Good Men Project

                  “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.” ~ Elie Wiesel

                    “I believe that you and I – and everyone we’ll ever meet – has the inborn capacity to be heroic, to take daring, courageous, and noble steps to make life better for others, even when in the short term it seems to be at our own expense. The capacity to do the right thing, to dare to take a stand and make a difference, is within you now.” ~ Anthony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within

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