Today’s Quote – 2007.09.16
“ Ideology is always neat. People aren’t neat. You want neatness, be an ideologue. If you want to get along with people, if you want to make a difference, then you have to work in a different domain, one in which ideology serves people, not the other way around.”
September 18, 2007 at 4:47 pm
I’m not sure what to think about this post. It sounds a bit like people pleasing to me…or am I reading this wrong?
Peace and non-neatness.
~ RS ~
September 18, 2007 at 5:51 pm
The way that I read it, Ruby, the last part is the important part, here’s how I would write it:
Be suspicious of an ideology that requires you to serve it. Ideologies should serve people, not require that people serve them.
Thanks for gracing this place with your special light.
Peace!
R.
April 2, 2009 at 1:32 am
Wow, I really liked that quote and interpretation.
April 2, 2009 at 9:35 am
Thanks for stopping by, Bryan, and for the kind words.
R.