Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
If deep change depended solely on outside intervention it would never happen.
Movements have narratives. They tell stories, because they are not just about rearranging economics and politics. They also rearrange meaning. And they're not just about redistributing the goods. They're about figuring out what is good.
When we tell our own story, we teach the values that our choices reveal, not as abstract principals, but as our lived experience. We reveal the kind of person we are to the extent that we let others identify with us.
Challenging the status quo takes commitment, courage, imagination, and, above all, dedication to learning.
A story communicates fear, hope, and anxiety, and because we can feel it, we get the moral not just as a concept, but as a teaching of our hearts. That’s the power of story.
Storytelling may be what most distinguishes social movements from interest groups.
It is my firm faith that man is by nature going higher.
I think girls have to play a little hard to get because we come with so much bravado.
Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat.
Without meaning, without substance, without aim: a mere 'public opinion'.