"If the material consumption of a fraction of humanity is already harming the planet, is there an alternative path that enables all of humanity to live more lightly upon the Earth while experiencing a higher quality of life?"

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Source : Duane Elgin (2010). “Voluntary Simplicity Second Revised Edition: Toward a Way of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich”, p.3, Harper Collins

Duane Elgin

#Humanity Quotes #Quality Quotes #Alternatives Quotes

“I have an Internet radio show where people can call in for healing.”
“We could refresh the look and feel of the entire desktop with Moonlight”

Source : "Miguel de Icaza: "We could refresh the look and feel of the entire desktop with Moonlight" - derstandard.at/1216918402134/Miguel-de-Icaza-We-could-refresh-the-look-and-feel-of-the-entire-desktop-with-Moonlight". Interview with Andreas Proschofsky, derstandard.at. March 08, 2008.
“I suggested back in 1980 to do a chronological live album, but there wasn't that much enthusiasm for it.”
“Eighteen months ago I weighed 95kg and had a 40-inch waist. Now the waist is down to 34 inches and I weigh nearly 98kg.”
“Only a few years ago did it suddenly dawn on me that my existential fear regarding my nationâ€™s future and my moral outrage regarding my nationâ€™s occupation policy are not unconnected. On the one hand, Israel is the only nation in the West that is occupying another people. On the other hand, Israel is the only nation in the West that is existentially threatened. Both occupation and intimidation make the Israeli condition unique. Intimidation and occupation have become the two pillars of our condition.”

Source : Ari Shavit (2013). “My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel”, p.10, Spiegel & Grau
“More people than ever are spending money to support more artists and musicians and give them more leisure time to build cereal balls...and the art world is eating those balls up!”
“After God created the world, He made man and woman. Then, to keep the whole thing from collapsing, He invented humor.”
“Your tomorrow has no right to complain about your today, as long as your today gives you a bliss, unknown and incomprehensible to both your yesterday, and tomorrow!”

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