"It is true that the trees are for human use. But these are aesthetic uses as well as commercial uses-uses for the spiritual wealth of all, as well as the material wealth of some."

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Joseph LeConte

#Spiritual Quotes #Truth Quotes #Tree Quotes

“Memoirs are the backstairs of history.”
“I'd rather die enormous than live dormant.”
“Erasmus dramatizes a well-established political position: that of the fool who claims license to criticize all and sundry without reprisal, since his madness defines him as not fully a person and therefore not a political being with political desires and ambitions. The Praise of Folly, therefore sketches the possibility of a position for the critic of the scene of political rivalry, a position not simply impartial between the rivals but also, by self-definition, off the stage of rivalry altogether.”
“When the world has 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 nuclear plants, can we call that a safe world? I think we need to properly have this debate.”
“More organizations die of indigestion than starvation”
“Told ya you were special.”

Source : Thomas E. Sniegoski (2012). “The Fallen: The Fallen 1; The Fallen 2; The Fallen 3”, p.144, Simon and Schuster
“Morality is the thing upon which your friends smile, and immorality is the thing upon which they frown”
“I realized that, to a large degree, I had kept my rational mind at bay my whole life. I just acted on intuition in terms of how I related to life. At some point, my rational mind started creeping in, and it would not shut up. I finally had to address it and confront it. I think most intelligent people, at a younger age than I have, begin to question some of the fundamental assumptions our society promotes. But me, I just rejected it without even considering it.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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