"We're a part of nature. As we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. It's a selfish thing to want to protect nature."

-- Yvon Chouinard

#Selfish Quotes #Want Quotes #Environment Quotes

“We begin to ask questions, such as: "What is the purpose of life? What is my true nature? What is the source and origin of this entire creation?" When questions of this kind arise in a person's mind, his or her quest for knowledge begins.”
“Life is not a bowl full of cherries, there's good and bad stuff.”
“I learned that strength is a matter of the made-up mind.”

Source : "Hear the Wind Blow!: Poems of Protest & Prophecy".
“Make it simple to last your whole life long. Don't worry that it's not enough for anyone else to hear. Just sing, sing a song”
“God doesn't just love all of us. He loves each of us.”
“Children are the world's future, and we need to take care of them like we would any precious resource.”

Source : Twitter post from May 02, 2016
“It ought to be a criminal offence for women to dye their hair. Especially red. What the devil do women do that sort of thing for?”
“There is no formula to it because writing every song, for me, is a little journey. The first note has to lift you and make you go, 'What's this?' You play C, but why is it that one day it leads to G and it didn't yesterday? I don't know. It's everything. It's the walk you take in the morning, it's the night before, the meeting with people, landscapes, the chats, all of that evolves in some way into melody, but I'm not sure how it's going to happen. I'm dealing with the unknown all the time and that is exciting.”

Source : "Everyone Thinks I'm So Shockable". Interview with Neil McCormick, www.telegraph.co.uk. November 24, 2005.

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