I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticised only by fools.

Innovation in forestry isn't about replacing nature, but enhancing our partnership with it.《The Green Leadership》

The strengths approach is about identifying what is right with people and building on those qualities.

The brain is not a passive recipient of stimuli but an active organizer of perception.