"Can we reach biosphere consciousness and global empathy in time to avert planetary collapse?"

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Source : Jeremy Rifkin (2010). “The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis”, p.616, Polity

Jeremy Rifkin

#Empathy Quotes #Consciousness Quotes #Biosphere Quotes

“The Maharishi had invited us all to go to India to his ashram in the Indian Himalaya. We were there studying meditation for two and a half months. While the other three Beatles went back to London to start the beginning of their Apple empire, George and I went to Madras for a weekâ€™s relaxation. I took this photograph of George one morning, as I thought the light on his face was lovely. I think this was the last time that I saw him looking so calm.”

Source : "Former Beatle and Clapton wife looks back with love" by Todd Leopold, edition.cnn.com. February 14, 2015.
“What quantum physics teaches us is that everything we thought was physical is not physical.”
“I knew I was going to go into the field and make fun of people to their faces. I knew what I was getting into.”
“Our blood will turn from red to blue, although our money is but new.”
“I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that it's more interesting to have an album - or, indeed, an individual song - which has variety rather than homogeneity.”
“If you want something as bad as you want to breathe, then you can do it.”
“Even though one is well advanced in virtue, should he stop mortifying himself, he soon would lose his modesty and virtue - just as fertile soul quickly becomes dry and arid and produces nothing but thorns and thistles if it is not cultivated.”
“I am a firm believer in playing the type of music that compliments the song the best. If it's a folk song make it sound like one. If it's a rock song make it sound like one, if it's a rap song take it off the record.”

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