Coming together Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The almost universal gift everyone can develop is the creation of a pleasant disposition, an even temperament.

— L. Tom Perry

Successfully functioning in a society with diverse values, traditions and lifestyles requires us to have a relationship to our own reactions rather than be…

— Robert Kegan

Everyone has the perfect gift to give the world-and if each of us is freed up to give our unique gift, the world will…

— R. Buckminster Fuller

Besides the general infusion of wit to heighten civility, the direct splendor of intellectual power is ever welcome in fine society, as the costliest…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness. Society promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, government negatively by restraining…

— Thomas Paine

“We will arrive at the universal not by abandoning our particularity but by turning it into a way of reaching others, by virtue of…

— Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Human beings tend to regard the conventions of their own societies as natural, often as sacred.

— Mary Catherine Bateson

The spirit of a production-centered, commodity-greedy society is such that only the non-conformist can defend himself sufficiently against it. Those who are seriously concerned…

— Erich Fromm

“Love transcends mere coexistence. It fosters an original partnership where we can evolve as independent individuals creating mutual growth and inspiring goals. When we…

— Erik Pevernagie

One can imagine a sane, healthy, cheerful human society based on no more than the principles of common sense, as validated each day by…

— Edward Abbey

“Our uniqueness alone is enough to justify our special place in the world. But even more, our destiny insists we use our gifts to…

— Ellen Bryson

“Society, rather than valuing us as full human beings and empowering us, socializes us to focus on attracting, giving to, and pleasing others.”

— Carolynn Hillman CSW