A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
Hank Green
Top 10 Best Quotes
“You will always struggle with not feeling productive until you accept that your own joy can be something you produce. It is not the only thing you will make, nor should it be, but it is something valuable and beautiful.”
“The most impactful thing you can do with power is almost always to give it away.”
“You are a story that you tell yourself, and even if it is not always accurate, it is who you are, and that is very important to you.”
“It's important to remember that we all change each other's minds all the time. Any good story is a mind-altering substance.”
“You're radically collaborative, profoundly empathetic, and deeply communal. Everyone who tells you anything different is selling the fear that is the only thing that can break that nature.”
“People will just share the things that confirm their ideology, and those things will always exist. Our reality isn't about what's real, it's about what we pay attention to.”
“People who "don't consider race or gender" sure seem to end up hiring almost all white guys, almost as if they're absolutely considering race and gender.”
“If you want to be happy, let go of your wants. If you want to be effective, harness them.”
“It might be that saving the world is idiotically simple. Maybe we just need to connect and care for one another.”
“The solution is, everywhere and always, the decentralization and redistribution of all forms of power.”
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power, humanity, change, disempowerment, empathy, social-change, gender, race, storytelling, society, stories, fear, empowerment, community, inequity, hiring-practices, social-progress, marginalization
