"I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra Club in '52, walked the plank there in '69, founded Friends of the Earth and the League of Conservation Voters after that."

-- David R. Brower

#Writing Quotes #Hands Quotes #League Quotes

“An idea is something you work on to make it work and a desire is much deeper in a way.”
“There is within human nature an amazing potential for goodness.”
“You are my angel and my damnation; in your presence I reach divine ecstasy and in your absence I descent to hell.”
“Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience”

Source : "Rule of St. Benedict". Book by Benedict of Nursia, c. AD 480–550.
“When the baby is older take the diapers off, my girl is gonna do the Slop.”

Source : Song: The Slop
“You wonâ€™t understand life and death until youâ€™re ready to set aside any hope of understanding life and death and just live your life until you die.”
“Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.”
“The people who live the life of their dreams take risks. And on top of that, they persist. And on top of that, they trust themselves. And on top of that, they don't let circumstances hold them back, because they know that they are more powerful than their circumstances.”

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