“It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.” ~ Gloria Steinem More from Gloria: “A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.” “Don’t think about making women fit the world—think about making the world fit women.” “Revolutions that last don’t happen from the top down.Continue reading “Money, Money, Money”
Author Archives: Phoebe Featherly
One day . . .
“One day or day one. You decide.” ~ Unknown Here’s what Goethe had to say about it: “Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His worksContinue reading “One day . . .”
Persist
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi More from Gandhi: “It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.” “Man becomes great exactly in theContinue reading “Persist”
Tell the Truth
“If you have value as an artist it’s probably going to be in your capacity to let things inside you get past things that are placed there to keep you from telling the truth. The more you see things as clearly and coldly as you can, the more value you’re going to have.” ~ TonyContinue reading “Tell the Truth”
Adapting to Change
“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” ~ Stephen Hawking “Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.” “The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happenContinue reading “Adapting to Change”
Avoiding Schlock
and Missing John Prine “I think if you write from your own gut, you’ll come up with something interesting, whereas if you sit around guessing what people want, you end up with the kind of same schlock that everybody else has got.” ~ John Prine More from John: “If I can make myself laugh aboutContinue reading “Avoiding Schlock”
Thank you Bernie
“The problems we face, did not come down from the heavens. They are made, they are made by bad human decisions, and good human decisions can change them.” ~ Bernie Sanders More from Bernie: “As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt reminded us: “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundanceContinue reading “Thank you Bernie”
The Power of Love
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.” ~ Jimi Hendrix More from Jimi: “Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” “White collar conservative flashin down the street, pointing that plastic finger at me, they all assume my kind will drop and die, but I’m gonna wave my freak flagContinue reading “The Power of Love”
Community
“It is probable that the next Buddha may take the form of a community, a community practicing understanding and loving kindness, a community practicing mindful living. This may be the most important thing we can do for the survival of the earth.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh More quotes from Thay: “If in our daily lifeContinue reading “Community”
The Beauty of Time
“The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hourContinue reading “The Beauty of Time”
You Will Change the World 