In times of change, the ability to learn is far more important than the ability to know.
Our heroes are human heroes. That's a very new situation. Most other societies have had, right at their center, the worship of something transcendent: a god, a spirit, a natural force, the universe, whatever it is -- something else that is being worshiped. We've slightly lost the habit of doing that, which is, I think, why we're particularly drawn to nature.
I don't sing to be perfect, I sing to be real.
The core of the poverty trap: Today’s hunger steals tomorrow’s productivity.