MORALITY
The role of morality should be that people who believe in God act in such a way that they feel responsible towards God. To carry out this responsibility they should move in a direction which leads to a better understanding of people, so that better communication takes place and people learn to respect each other will become apparent.
-G. Vanoni
With all these driving factors leading to fewer and fewer family resources to turn to, people have had less support in their daily lives, which has helped to fuel ever-increasing social problems. More roles for professional intervention in our lives has been the inevitable result.
-Helen Hegener
An increasing in cheating reflects deep anxiety and insecurity in America nowadays, desperation even, as well as arrogance among the rich and cynicism among ordinary people….Maybe it's because the potential financial rewards at the top are so astronomical, so off the charts, that people's moral compasses are overwhelmed.
-R. Trigaux
Anything you do from the soulful self will help lighten the burdens of the world. Anything. You have no idea what the smallest word, the tiniest generosity can cause to be set in motion. Be outrageous in forgiving. Be dramatic in reconciling. Mistakes? Back up and make them as right as you can, then move on. Be off the charts in kindness. In whatever you are called to, strive to be devoted to it in all aspects large and small. Fall short? Try again. Mastery is made in increments, not in leaps. Be brave, be fierce, be visionary. Mend the parts of the world that are "within your reach." To strive to live this way is the most dramatic gift you can ever give to the world.
-Clarissa Pinkola Estés
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
-Albert Camus
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
-Upton Sinclair
The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.
-George Orwell
Two questions help us see why we are unlikely to get what we want by using punishment... The first question is: What do I want this person to do that's different from what he or she is currently doing? If we ask only this first question, punishment may seem effective because the threat or exercise of punitive force may well influence the person's behavior. However, with the second question, it becomes evident that punishment isn't likely to work: What do I want this person's reasons to be for doing what I'm asking?
-Marshall Rosenberg
Unity without verity [truth] is no better than conspiracy.
-Puritan John Trapp
