"Money is created through bank debt. When you go for a mortgage through a bank, they give you $100,000 to buy a house and basically send you out into the world to bring back $200,000 in the next twenty years. The first $100,000 is principal, and the second is interest."

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Source : Interview with Tracy Fernandez Rysavy, www.greenamerica.org. 2009.

Bernard Lietaer

#Years Quotes #Giving Quotes #House Quotes

“Labor diligently to increase your property.”
“In truth, most of us don't know our cats.”

Source : Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (2001). “The Tribe of Tiger”, p.13, Simon and Schuster
“You small mortals don't realize the power of your stories.”

Source : "Vampires in the Lemon Grove". Book by Karen Russell, February 12, 2013.
“I still help out with the garbage. I still help out with the lawn.”

Source : "The Big Bet" by Mickey Rapkin, www.gq.com. June 14, 2010.
“Who does not recall school at least in part as endless dreary hours of boredom punctuated by moments of high anxiety?”
“There's a lot of pain and suffering out there. I think there needs to be more joy, and love, and ***** in the world. We are a pleasure-negati ve society. Suffering is much more acceptable. And I want to tell women that they are sexually powerful beings, but they often don't get in touch with it because they are socialized to please men.”
“And I must bear What is ordained with patience, being aware Necessity doth front the universe With an invincible gesture.”
“The more we increase the active participation and partnership with young people, the better we serve them. ... And the more comprehensively we work with them as service partners, the more we increase our public value to the entire community.”

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