"Development which has no regard for whom or what it harms is not development. It is the opposite of progress, damaging the Earth's capacity to support us and the rest of its living systems"

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Source : "Is protecting the environment incompatible with social justice?" by George Monbiot, www.theguardian.com. February 13, 2012.

George Monbiot

#Opposites Quotes #Support Quotes #Progress Quotes

“Memory is everything. Without it we are nothing,”
“Love is priceless. And all I really want is a good night kiss. So if tears were diamonds, more valuable gold, then a fortune in the corners of my eyes I would hold.”
“I like to say I'm geek-chic with a little bit of showgirl.I get asked it a lot, and it really does kind of sum it up.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“I'm sure the red fern has grown and has completely covered the two little mounds. I know it is still there, hiding its secret beneath those long, red leaves, but it wouldn't be hidden from me for part of my life is buried there, too. Yes, I know it is still there, for in my heart I believe the legend of the sacred red fern.”
“For what you call the Law is but a club of the rich over the lowest of men, sanctifying the conquest of the earth by a few and making their theft the way of things. But over and above these pitiful statutes of yours that enclose the common land and reduce us to poverty to make you fat stands the Law of Creation, which renders judgement on rich and poor alike, making them one. For freedom is the man who will thus turn the world upside down, therefore no wonder he has enemies”
“Our steps invent the path as we proceed; behind us they leave no trace, only the void. So we shall always look ahead and trust our feet. They will take us as far as our minds will go... -- Tahar ben Jelloun”

Source : Tahar Ben Jelloun (1987). “The sand child”, Harcourt
“When you recognize the angels, you have come to know God in your own way.”

Source : Terry Lynn Taylor (1996). “Angel Days”, Ballantine Books
“Falling in love is not an extension of one's limits or boundaries; it is a partial and temporary collapse of them.”

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