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- I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.
NikolaiFyodorov · 1594 days ago · link ·
What a great passage. What text is it from?
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user-inactivated · 1593 days ago · link ·
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I mean, does this quote’s coolness solely derive from its attribution to Goethe? Because if so, yes, your comment is correct but also that’s a mighty thin flag to pin “coolness” upon. If its coolness derives more from its message — ah, yes, some might say its content — then attribution to Goethe or anonymous makes no difference.