The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves.
Frances Moore LappRead
Hope is not wishful thinking. It's not a temperament we're born with. It is a stance toward life that we can choose...not not. The real question for me, though, is whether m hope is effective, whether it produces or is just where I hide to ease my own pain.
Interpretation
Hope is a conscious choice rather than an inherent trait, and it should be evaluated for its effectiveness.
This quote emphasizes that hope is not simply a passive or whimsical feeling; rather, it is an active decision to approach life with optimism and intention. The author questions the validity and impact of their hope, suggesting that it should be assessed based on whether it leads to tangible outcomes or merely serves as a coping mechanism for personal struggles.
In practice
In a motivational speech about resilience, one could quote this to encourage individuals to actively choose hope.
The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves.
I'm neither an optimist nor a pessimist. I am a dyed-in-the-woo l possibilist! By this, I mean with an eco-mind, we see that everything's connected and change is the only constant.
We got hooked on grain-fed meat just as we got hooked on gas guzzling automobiles. Big cars made sense only when oil was cheap; grain-fed meat makes sense only because the true costs of producing it are not counted.
Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a scarcity of democracy.
Hunger is a people-made phenomenon, so the central issue is power: the power of those who make the decisions about what is grown and who, or what, it's grown for.
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
NVC self-forgiveness: connecting with the need we were trying to meet when we took the action that we now regret.
Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
The longer I live the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company . . . a church . . . a home.
We throw all our attention on the utterly idle question whether A has done as well as B, when the only question is whether A has done as well as he could.
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