"We must find our way back to true nature. We must set ourselves to the task of revitalizing the earth. Regreening the earth, sowing seeds in the desert--that is the path society must follow."

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Source : Masanobu Fukuoka (2013). “Sowing Seeds in the Desert: Natural Farming, Global Restoration, and Ultimate Food Security”, p.16, Chelsea Green Publishing

Masanobu Fukuoka

#Desert Quotes #Earth Quotes #Way Quotes

“I was a time bomb waiting to detonate, burned out, sick of the music business, out of touch with everything and heavily abusing various substances, disillusioned with life, and intensely needed to work on my character. The only way I could see to do that was to withdraw completely from public life as I had known it before.”

Source : "A Fireside Chat With Charles Lloyd". All About Jazz Interview, www.allaboutjazz.com. May 17, 2004.
“The neutralizer to fear is self belief.”
“Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.”
“When your account has these massive swings up and down, there's a tendency to feel a rush when the market is going your way and devastation when it's going against you. These emotions do absolutely nothing to make you a good trader. It's far better to keep the equity swings manageable and strive for a sense of balance each day, no matter what happens.”
“So much of growing up is an unbearable waiting. A constant longing for another time. Another season.”

Source : Sonia Sanchez (2012). “Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems”, p.69, Beacon Press
“If something is successful with the audience, it's automatically suspect; the reverse is to say that not to reach audiences is the greatest compliment an artist can receive!”
“Creativity reduces instinctual tension, it fuses pleasure with reality, and satisfies the libido.”

Source : Peter Shepherd (2010). “Daring to Be Yourself”, p.198, DoctorZed Publishing
“There are but two sorts of government: one where men show their teeth at each other, and one where men show their tongues and lick the feet of the strongest.”

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