"In nature the only source of energy is from the sun. So in ecological systems everything comes from the sun through the process of photosynthesis whereas now in human built environment our source of energy is from fossil fuels, renewable, wood energy or hydro-energy but it is not from the sun. So until we are able to operate and run a human built environment by imitating photosynthesis it will be a long while before we can have a true eco-system."

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Source : Source: www.cnn.com

Ken Yeang

#Running Quotes #Long Quotes #Fuel Quotes

“It is the only thing we can do. Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he thinks he ought to destroy in others. And remember that every atom of hate that we add to this world makes it sill more inhospitable”

Source : Etty Hillesum, K. A. D. Smelik, Arnold Pomerans (2002). “Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943”, p.529, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“Our emotions are not transformed by trying harder, but by seeing more clearly.”
“The naturalness of life... the sense of community is, I think, a very important factor in an artist's life.”

Source : Dame Barbara Hepworth (1970). “A Pictorial Autobiography”
“It's time for artists to take their music back.”
“When we reflect upon the cruelties daily practised upon such of the animal creation as are given us for food, or which we ensnarefor our diversion, we shall be obliged to own that there is more of the savage in human nature than we are aware of.”
“We witness a strange inversion: on the one hand, the endeavor to turn the social contract into a less calculating and more feeling connection among its members; on the other hand, the endeavor to turn the erotic relationship into a contractual one.”
“Going out to others in order to reach the fringes of humanity does not mean rushing out aimlessly into the world. Often it is better simply to slow down, to put aside our eagerness in order to see and listen to others, to stop rushing from one thing to another and to remain with someone who has faltered along the way.”
“Ten-year-old boys move differently than middle-aged women, who move differently than athletic guys, who move differently than government bureaucrats.”

Source : Interview with Andy Patrizio, www.ign.com. March 5, 2003.

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