I spent two years in the military service, then I trudged around in repertory for quite a while. I somehow wound up at the National Theatre, though, and then I was definitely on my way.
To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
The world is the work of a single thought, expressed in a thousand different ways.
The entire social order. . . is arrayed against a woman who wants to rise to a man's reputation.
Anything that happens gradually is always irrevocable.
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
Wit lies in the likeness of things that are different, and in the difference of things that are alike.
I'm not interested in politics, or being a part of them. I definitely do my homework and make sure that I know what's going on, and I'm responsible enough to be able to vote for people that I respect. But other than that, I've never been a part of the political world.
What is the empathy deficit? The inability of people to stand in other folks shoes. It's hard to empathize with people who have different values than you
I don't want to live in a world where I just kind of play on my naïveté - well if I don't know it, then it doesn't exist.
The idea of sustainability can imply there is one perfect, unchanging future, if only we could work out how to get there. Resilience might be more useful, in that it assumes a dynamic environment and that perfection is impossible. You need to design systems to accommodate failure rather than eliminate it. By trying to be perfect, many visions of sustainability are quite brittle