Cults are soul-stealers, mind-control entities that discourage individual initiative and seek to control not just the actions but the very thoughts of their members.
—Thom Hartmann, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late
#cults
Those communities that survive the transition from a strong leader to a strong community are the ones where the leader has allowed power sharing in the community and has left a legacy of a vision people will enthusiastically carry forward into the future.
—Thom Hartmann, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late
#communities