Control…Heavenly or Hellish

“Every time you make a choice you are turning
the control part of you, the part that chooses,
into something a little different from what it was before.
And taking your life as a whole,
with all your innumerable choices,
you are slowly turning this control thing
into either a heavenly creature or into a hellish one.”

C. S. Lewis

Advice

“Advice is like snow; the softer it falls,
the longer it dwells upon,
and the deeper it sinks into the mind.”

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Dying Edge

“To lose sight of the beauty of ideas
and of hope and opportunity,
and to frustrate the right to be needed,
is to be at the dying edge.

To be a part of a throwaway mentality
that discards goods and ideas,
that discards principles and law,
that discards persons and families,
is to be at the dying edge.

To be at the leading edge of consumption,
affluence, and instant gratification
is to be at the dying edge.

To ignore the dignity of work
and the elegance of simplicity,
and the essential responsibility of serving each other,
is to be at the dying edge.”

Max DePree

The Right Thing

“Efficiency is doing the thing right,
but effectiveness is doing the right thing.”

Peter Drucker

Explains A Lot

“Leaders don’t inflict pain;
they bear pain.”

Max De Pree