The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.

Richard J. Foster
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When Nobel laureate Pearl S. Buck said, “The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people,” she was arguing that the world needed more people who could look past their own interests and work together with others to create a better society.

Source: Celebration Of Discipline: The Path To Spiritual Growth

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