“To live effectively is to live with adequate information.”
Source: The Human Use of Human Beings (1950), p. 17-18
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“Many people feel they are powerless to do anything effective with their lives.”
As quoted in Think and Grow Rich : A Black Choice (1991) by Dennis Kimbro and Napoleon Hill, p. 104
Context: Many people feel they are powerless to do anything effective with their lives. It takes courage to break out of the settled mold, but most find conformity more comfortable. This is why the opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it's conformity.
“What a culture we live in, we are swimming in an ocean of information, and drowning in ignorance.”
Source: A Step of Faith