Ideas are not about individuals or alliances, but about thoughts and visions.

No idea is perfect, but every single idea can still make people change their lives. Ideas can even make millions, even billions of people change how they think, act and feel. Every grand ideology has been created from a few basic ideas; core values. This little set of ideas has then expanded and become a way of looking at the world and our very existence. Every human being, every man and woman, young and old, has their own set of ideas.

We all possess our own personal ideology, which we follow every second we live. Our ideas control every thought and feeling. Even our actions are controlled by our inner ideas and values. These ideas are what separate our personality from everybody else’s.

Your ideas are you,
You are your ideas

We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world.

PS! This article is now included in the marathon at:
http://www.ananddhillon.com/blog/2008/08/carnival-of-self-mastery-august-5-2008/