"It was Rachel Carson's famous book 'Silent Spring' that got me involved with the environment. I read it in The New Yorker, in installments. Up to then, I'd thought the main job to do is help the meek inherit the Earth. And I still, that's a job that's got to be done. But I realized if we didn't do something soon, what the meek would inherit would be a pretty poisonous place to live."

-- Pete Seeger

#Jobs Quotes #Spring Quotes #Book Quotes

“Learn to live well, or fairly make your will; You've play'd, and lov'd, and ate, and drank your fill: Walk sober off, before a sprightlier age Comes titt'ring on, and shoves you from the stage.”
“I've gone skydiving twice. I was terrified about doing it, but I wanted to overcome that. The first time, I did it with my parents and I remember that they had already both jumped out, and suddenly it was my turn. And I thought, 'Well, I don't want to be an orphan,' so I guess I have no choice, and I jumped out of the plane.”
“Studies have shown people listen to TV than watch it.”
“Let's get rid of all the economic (expletive) this country represents! Bring it on, I hope the Muslims win!”
“In our rich consumers' civilization we spin cocoons around ourselves and get possessed by our possessions.”

Source : Max Lerner (1959). “The Unfinished Country”
“Language is a spiritual mansion in which you live and nobody has the right to evict you.”
“When Joan D' Arc was asked by her judges why as a Christian she did not love the British, she answered that she did love them, but she loved British in their country. In the same way, we do not hate the Turks, we love them, but in their country.”
“Vibrate on a frequency that embraces the gifts, growth, and change of others. Accept challenges & failures as part of your journey. Find your light and let it shine. Know your purpose.”

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