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> [One challenge of growing up in the twenty-first century will be to acquire a self-definition that can encompass person and planet, socially constructed self and transcendent being, organism and machine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-truett-anderson/one-challenge-of-growing-up-in-the-twenty-first-century-will-be-to/)

[Walter Truett Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-truett-anderson/)

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## More by Walter Truett Anderson

> [“Gandhi is best remembered for his adherence to the principle of nonviolence; but no less important was his adherence to non-demonization. Even when he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-truett-anderson/gandhi-is-best-remembered-for-his-adherence-to-the-principle-of/)

[Walter Truett Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-truett-anderson/)

> [We are moving away from the old idea of leadership -- leadership has less to do (now) with heroism. We don't look for... unblemished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-truett-anderson/we-are-moving-away-from-the-old-idea-of-leadership-leadership-has/)

[Walter Truett Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-truett-anderson/)

> [“It would be a great step toward a truly civil society if we understood that our public discourse isn’t based on “hard facts,” that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-truett-anderson/it-would-be-a-great-step-toward-a-truly-civil-society-if-we/)

[Walter Truett Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-truett-anderson/)

> [The idea of hunting and gathering as the best way for life has become quite popular recently, much more populare in some circles than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-truett-anderson/the-idea-of-hunting-and-gathering-as-the-best-way-for-life-has-become/)

[Walter Truett Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-truett-anderson/)

> [I have been putting words like 'abnormal' and 'deviant' in quotes because those categorizations are under fire now, the boundary between normal and abnormal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-truett-anderson/i-have-been-putting-words-like-abnormal-and-deviant-in-quotes-because/)

[Walter Truett Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-truett-anderson/)

> [We have entered a new and different world-richly interconnected and radically multicentric-in which the traditional holders of power have to move over and make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-truett-anderson/we-have-entered-a-new-and-different-world-richly-interconnected-and/)

[Walter Truett Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-truett-anderson/)

> [“One species on the planet, and one species only, has reached the point of being able to have an impact on the evolutionary fortunes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-truett-anderson/one-species-on-the-planet-and-one-species-only-has-reached-the-point/)

[Walter Truett Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-truett-anderson/)

> [One challenge of growing up in the twenty-first century will be to acquire a self-definition that can encompass person and planet, socially constructed self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-truett-anderson/one-challenge-of-growing-up-in-the-twenty-first-century-will-be-to/)

[Walter Truett Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-truett-anderson/)

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