Our deepest
fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest
fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is not our
darkness but our light that frightens us most.
We are not
passengers on the planet but participants in its evolution.
We have the
power to make the transition from fear of nature to a deep sense of connection
with her.
Anything can
change when we change the way we look at it.
Attention is
the most powerful tool of the human spirit.
Through shared
experiences, the generation now growing up has a broader sense of global issues
and possibilities and a reality that moves beyond ‘my country’ and instead
embraces ‘our planet.’
The most
effective means of changing people’s minds usually involves grasping the minds
they already have.
Teaching is, at
its heart, an act of optimism.
Optimism is a
way of viewing possible futures with the belief that you can affect things for
the better.
Technology/the
internet helps make the strange familiar.
This has an
overall positive effect on how we think about others in our shrinking world.
It illuminates
our similarities and connects us to our common humanness.
It confirms
Forester’s admonishment to “only connect.”
Optimism always
wins.
You are more
likely to find solutions if you believe they are there.
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