I think we have to rethink the concept of โleader.โ 'Cause โleaderโ implies โfollower.โ And, so many- not so many, but I think we need to appropriate, embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for.
Grace Lee BoggsFinding the leaders of the future is a question of recognizing those people who give leadership in a crisis.
Grace Lee BoggsNonviolence is essentially based on recognizing the humanity in every one one of us.
Grace Lee BoggsWe can begin by doing small things at the local level, like planting community gardens or looking out for our neighbors. That is how change takes place in living systems, not from above but from within, from many local actions occurring simultaneously.
Grace Lee BoggsI think that education today is a form of child abuse. The natural tendency of children is to solve problems, but we try to indoctrinate them with facts, which they are supposed to feed back, and then we fail them. And that's child abuse. And you should never raise children that way. You should cultivate and encourage their natural tendencies to create solutions to the problems around them.
Grace Lee Boggs