Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.

Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.

Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.

The humblest is the peer of the most powerful.

Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.

The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.