"We do not have an ecological crisis. The ecosphere has a human crisis. Our 'story' about our place in the scheme of things has somehow gone awry in the industrial age..."

-- William E. Rees

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“One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. I wanted to dig it up and replant it near our house. I told Mom that I would protect it from the wind and water it every day so that it could grow nice and tall and straight. Mom frowned at me. "You'd be destroying what makes it special," she said. "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.”

Source : Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.38, Simon and Schuster
“Your naked body deserves the honor of being shared only with someone who is covenanted to never stop loving your naked soul.”
“The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess; neither can angel nor man come in danger by it.”
“Investing is the intersection of economics and psychology.”
“You see more and more why healing is happening through music. It's because music causes a reorganization of the tonal structure, and Man in essence is a vibration”
“From the very beginning the president [of USA] had two very important principles that had to be reconciled. One principle is that every woman should have the right to all forms of preventive health care, including contraception. The other is that we need to respect the religious liberties which are the cornerstone of American life.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“It's important to do things that scare you to death!”
“Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.”

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