Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.
Interpretation
Diversity embraces different perspectives and the value of collective independent thought.
This quote highlights the importance of diversity by emphasizing that true innovation and wisdom arise when individuals think independently while collaborating with others. It suggests that the synthesis of different viewpoints leads to richer and more comprehensive understanding, ultimately benefiting society as a whole.
In practice
In a team meeting, to emphasize the importance of various viewpoints in solving complex problems.
Over the years, I've evolved a somewhat heretical but time-and mind-saving approach to books, articles, editorials that deal with weighty matters. More often than not, by beginning at the end and contemplating the conclusions, one can determine if it's worth going through the whole to get there.
Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.
To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness.
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
If you never budge, don't expect a push.
It's never a good deal when only one party thinks it is.
I am marooned on a Crag of Superiority in an ocean of soldiers.
The poor of the United States and of the world are your brothers and sisters in Christ. You must never be content to leave them just the crumbs from the feast. You must take of your substance, and not just of your abundance, in order to help them. And you must treat them like guests at your family table.
After the war, Germany fully confessed to all its dirty tricks. It's necessary to is draw a line under the past, even if people did something evil. Until we do, wounds won't heal.
by making himself a priest made himself a demon.
I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
It would seem from this fact, that man is naturally a wild animal, and that when taken from the woods, he is never happy in his natural state, 'till he returns to them again.
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