p.s. other thoughts on greatness

as a follow-up to my post entitled 'A&E biographies,' in which i discuss the concept of 'greatness,' here are a few quotes on the same subject:

our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. it is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. we ask ourselves, 'who am i to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?' actually, who are you not to be? you are a child of God. your playing small doesn't serve the world. there's nothing enlightened about shrinking, so that other people won't feel insecure around you. we were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within, it's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. aAnd as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. aAs we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
~nelson mandela~

there is a man who makes every man feel small. but the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

~g.k. chesterton~