… As the world becomes figuratively smaller, it becomes even more important to protect individuality, free will, independence, and autonomy.
… The need of society for the individual is essential. The individual is the vitality of society.
… The independence of the individual renews society.
… When we fail to avoid stagnation, we fail to evolve and adapt.
…When a society is no longer capable of learning, the society is doomed to wither. …
… In our modern media-saturated and technological world, it may appear that the individual is powerless. But in actuality, the individual has never before had so much power to effect and create change.
… The increased interconnectivity and interdependence of the world has only bettered and amplified conditions for those who would have been virtually voiceless in the past.
… We can feel as if our one small single act is but a drop in the ocean, with no significant impact.
… Yes, they are each but individually scattered drops. Alone, they only have the potential to stand alone. However, with each random, ensuing drop they begin to accumulate.
… It only takes one more drop then; it just happens on its own: a “runaway effect.”
… One tiny drop has tipped the balance and created a flood.
… Change does not necessarily mean drastic adjustment. It can mean small steps, just enough to initiate more change. Once the first change is initiated, more changes will follow. It takes more than one person for others to follow. But with the first comes the second
. . . and then the third. Sometimes, we are bigger players than we believe we are. …
… However, we must be careful in our emerging world, since the diverse, fringe, extreme, dangerous, and fanatical people have found the ability to spread their ideas and grow in numbers more quickly than in the past.
… So, we must be careful of the megalomaniacs; they have never before had such abilities and tools at their disposal.
… What hell can spring from the deepest, darkest pools of the human mind? Hell can sometimes be a picnic compared to that which can lurk in the mind of man.
… This is not even taking into consideration the individual already with power and influence at their disposal through political, military, financial, or technological might. In our era of technological “know-how,” the individual has never been so powerful. …
…We must not limit ourselves to the expectations of others.
… Often, our greatest limitations are the perceptions of another.
… We have possibilities that we could not even imagine.
… We all have this “power.” It is just a matter of tapping into this energy and keeping the changes to ourselves under control …