"For some of us, the soul is resident in the sole, and yearns ceaselessly for light and air and self-expression. Our feet are our very selves. The touch of floor or carpet, grass or mud or asphalt, speaks to us loud and clear from the foot, that scorned and lowly organ as dear to us as our eyes and ears."

-- Barbara Holland

#Eye Quotes #Self Quotes #Expression Quotes

“It's no wonder we don't defend the land where we live. We don't live here. We live in television programs and movies and books and with celebrities and in heaven and by rules and laws and abstractions created by people far away and we live anywhere and everywhere except in our particular bodies on this particular land at this particular moment in these particular circumstances.”

Source : Derrick Jensen (2011). “Endgame, Volume 2: Resistance”, p.242, Seven Stories Press
“Marx, as we have seen, solved it by declaring capital to be a different thing from product, and maintaining that it belonged to society and should be seized by society and employed for the benefit of all alike.”
“The greatest justice in life is that your vision and looks tend to go simultaneously.”
“Personal credibility has everything to do with how others perceive us and how we perceive ourselves. Sandy Allgeierâ€™s book teaches the all-important truth that it doesnâ€™t matter how much money, status, or power you have if nobody believes in you. Every parent should read The Personal Credibility Factor and instill its lessons in their kids.Achieving a full understanding of these principles is the first step in becoming a truly great human being.”
“Imagine there was a cure, but finding it would cost you everything. It would completely ruin your life. What would you do?”
“All over the world when you test men and women for facial cue recognition, women test... better. Its a negotiation tool.”
“Grace always runs downhill, meeting us at the bottom, not the top.”
“Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex and the damage it could do to society.”

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