"People are really suffering these days. There's a lot of corporate triumph and a lot of personal despair as they wonder what are they working for."

-- Laurie Anderson

#People Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Despair Quotes

“The people of western Missouri are, in some respects, very peculiar. We will take Jackson county where I was born for instance. In that section the people seemed to be born fighters, the instinct being inherited from a long line of ancestors.”
“I like emotions, but I really don't like sentimentality, and I don't like when things break their spell.”
“I'm not into cold weather, I like warm weather.”
“The transition from coal, oil, and gas to wind, solar, and geothermal energy is well under way. In the old economy, energy was produced by burning something -- oil, coal, or natural gas -- leading to the carbon emissions that have come to define our economy. The new energy economy harnesses the energy in wind, the energy coming from the sun, and heat from within the earth itself.”

Source : "Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization". Book by Lester R. Brown, October 5, 2009.
“You know, they say in France that translation is like a woman: she is either beautiful or faithful.”
“There are Eastern religions that deny the reality of pain and suffering. They just try to wipe it away by saying it's all an illusion.”
“Who wants to be normal when you can be unique?”
“The best way to overcome undesirable or negative thoughts and feelings is to cultivate the positive ones.”

Source : William Walker Atkinson (2016). “THOUGHT VIBRATION - The Law of Attraction in the Thought World (Unabridged): From the American pioneer of the New Thought movement, known for Practical Mental Influence, The Secret of Success, The Arcane Teachings, Nuggets of the New Thought, Reincarnation and the Law of Karma”, p.50, e-artnow

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