Abraham Lincoln

“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”

William Bridges

“Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities.”

Design Thinking for Social Innovation

Designers have traditionally focused on enhancing the look and functionality of products. Recently, they have begun using design tools to tackle more complex problems, such as finding ways to provide low-cost healthcare throughout the world. Read about how nonprofits are using “design thinking” to tackle issues such as transporting clean water to arid areas and feeding malnourished children in developing countries.

Jessamyn West

“It is the loving, not the loved, woman who feels loveable.”

Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

“A person has three choices in life. You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can tread water and let the tide sweep you away, or you can swim with the tide, and let it take you where it wants you to go.”

A Mideast Bond Stitched of Pain & Healing

He can be impulsive. She has a touch of bossiness. Next-door neighbors for nearly a year, they talk, watch television and explore the world together, wandering into each other’s homes without a second thought. She likes his mother’s eggplant dish. He likes her father’s rice and lamb. Friendship often starts with proximity, but Orel and Marya, both 8, have been thrust together in a way few elsewhere have. Their playground is a hospital corridor. He is an Israeli Jew severely wounded by a Hamas rocket. She is a Palestinian Muslim from Gaza paralyzed by an Israeli missile. Someone forgot to tell them that they are enemies.

George Bernard Shaw

“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.”

Andy Warhol

“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”

Hope In A Changing Climate

Flooding, forest fires, and droughts are only some of the many problems that affect poor farming communities across the globe. A new film, Hope in a Changing Climate, documents the uplifting story of how ecosystem restoration helps stabilize climate, reduce poverty, and support sustainable agriculture. It hopes to prevent communities from over-farming and depleting their natural resources while making better use of what they have now to ensure their survival.

George Fabricius

“Death comes to all/ But great achievements raise a monument/ Which shall endure until the sun grows old.”

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