Susan Livingston's quotes

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

In the presence of a man or woman in whom all hostility has died, others cannot be hostile. In the presence of a man or woman in whom all fear has died, no one can be afraid.

Patanjali

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Wizard's First Rule: People will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.

There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life - happiness, freedom, and peace of mind - are always attained by giving them to someone else.

The only purpose of voting is to force an outcome upon people who have carefully declared they don't want it. This is the opposite of consent.

— Brian Bartholomew

Before there were heroes, there was peace.

— Silent Lotus

May your voice be loving enough to silence your own fears.

— Silent Lotus

If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.

— Chinese proverb

The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.

There is nothing wrong with our world - we are just having a weird conversation.