Questions

Perseverance is a choice. It's not a simple, one-time choice. It's a daily one. There's never a final decision. 
- Margaret Wheatley
When have you had to make a conscious effort to persevere?
Helping people to connect with their personal creative capacities is the surest way to release the best they have to offer. 
- Sir Ken Robinson
Who has helped you connect with your creative side? What were the results?
Living Compassion Inside and Out 
- 2011 Spring Speakers Series
What does "living compassion inside and out" mean to you?
If we start seeing compassion and creativity as forms of brain hygiene, perhaps we can introduce a practice of brushing your brain every day, just like our teeth. 
- Dr. Daniel Siegel
How do YOU "brush your brain" to foster compassion and creativity?
Whenever you are in the zone of generosity and contributing to the lives of others, you are in fact getting. 
- Stephen G. Post
When you have you been able to help yourself by helping others?
The community is a microcosm. The more we can actively help our community, the more we can improve the world. 
- Jannet Ann Nordemann
Where is the first place you would start to build a compassionate community?
Compassion is action. 
- Jody Williams
What is YOUR definition of compassion?
Peace is not weak. Standing up to a tank is harder than dropping a suicide bomb. 
- Matthieu Ricard
How have you had to show courage in order to act compassionately?
I have seen in the world a great deal of awfulness, but it is compassion for which we are made. 
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
What helps you look past the “awfulness” and maintain a belief in a compassionate world?
I have a certain amount of appreciation for others. It didn't come from Buddhism, it came from my Mother. 
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama
How have women played a role in bringing compassion into YOUR life?
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