I have observed that society in general always seems to honor its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.
Interpretation
Society tends to celebrate those who conform to norms while often ignoring those who challenge them until after their death.
The quote by Wayne Dyer highlights a paradox within societal values, where individuals who conform to accepted norms and behaviors are often praised and honored in life, while those who challenge the status quoβreferred to as 'troublemakers'βmay not receive recognition until they have passed away. This observation points to the way society may resist change and valuing conformity over innovation, suggesting a deeper commentary on the nature of acceptance and legacy.
In practice
In a speech about innovation, one might use this quote to emphasize the need to embrace unconventional thinkers.
What is hope but a feeling of optimism, a thought that says things will improve, it won't always be bleak, there's a way to rise above the present circumstances. Hope is an internal awareness that you do not have to suffer forever, and that somehow, somewhere there is a remedy for despair that you will come upon if you can only maintain this expectancy in your heart.
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.
Live forgiveness every day rather than just talking about it on Sunday.
Say to Yourself when Someone Else is Criticizing U, 'What U Think of Me is None of My Business'
Conflict is a violation of harmony. If you participate in it, you're part of the problem, not the solution.
My own eight children all march to the beat of their inner music, and in some cases, it is definitely far away from what I hear. I've had to honor their instincts and their choices, and merely guided them out of harm's way until they could be their own guides.
Many demons are in woods, in waters, in wildernesses, and in dark poolly places ready to hurt and prejudice people; some are also in the thick black clouds, which cause hail, lightning and thunder, and poison the air, the pastures and grounds.
I suppose you inevitably fall into habits of expression.
I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they must do.
When we only name the problem, when we state complaint without a constructive focus or resolution, we take hope away. In this way critique can become merely an expression of profound cynicism, which then works to sustain dominator culture.
For 500 years the West patented six killer applications that set it apart. The first to download them was Japan. Over the last century, one Asian country after another has downloaded these killer apps- competition, modern science, the rule of law and private property rights, modern medicine, the consumer society and the work ethic. Those six things are the secret sauce of Western civilization.
You know, you can talk about race, you can talk about sex, you can talk about your biopsy. But when you get into class, people kind of clench up.
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