--JOHN LENNON

The physical world is interacting with our actions, not our internal plans and intentions. 

We cannot shape society, or help people just by having noble intentions, without action.

Make clear what type of communication you are going to have in light of the objectives and priorities. 

If your goal is to have people with different opinions work through their differences (i.e., open-minded debate), you’ll run your meeting differently than if its goal is to educate.

• Disciplining people through shame and guilt works well in society, and natural impulses/ instincts being suppressed by religion and philosophers.
• The curbing of our natural instincts is a method employed to protect us from our over-indulgence and from our own natural desires.