Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Lily Yeh
Explore popular quotes and sayings by Lily Yeh.
Last updated on November 9, 2024.
It seems that in connecting to what is true within myself, I help other people to connect. Making genuine connection lies at the beginning of building a real community.
A voice in me said, You have to rise to the occasion or the best in you will die. We always have that voice; we just have to make a choice to listen to it. We all have it; that's God's given light. It's just whether you have the courage to step into your destiny.
My work cuts through racial, class, geographic, and ethnic separations to directly connect to the heart, mind, and emotion with people.
When I see brokenness, poverty and crime in inner cities, I also see the enormous potential and readiness for transformation and rebirth. We are creating an art form that comes from the heart and reflects the pain and sorrow of people's lives. It also expresses joy, beauty, and love. This process lays the foundation of building a genuine community in which people are reconnected with their families, sustained by meaningful work, nurtured by the care of each other and will together raise and educate their children. Then we witness social change in action.
It's possible to transform the violent energy of our time into a culture of kindness.
All things are possible through the openness of our mind, the gentleness of our spirit, and the act of understanding and embracing.
