"Is the minor convenience of allowing the present generation the luxury of doubling its energy consumption every 10 years worth the major hazard of exposing the next 20,000 generations to this lethal waste?"

-- David R. Brower

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“They came in the thousands from the whole human race to pay their respects at his last resting place.”
“If you're playing the bad guy, you have to find what you like about them.”
“At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers time.”
“No one can define or measure justice, democracy, security, freedom, truth, or love. No one can define or measure any value. But if no one speaks up for them, if systems arenâ€™t designed to produce them, if we donâ€™t speak about them and point toward their presence or absence, they will cease to exist.”

Source : Donella Meadows (2008). “Thinking in Systems: A Primer”, p.177, Chelsea Green Publishing
“Fortunately, some are born with spiritual immune systems that sooner or later give rejection to the illusory worldview grafted upon them from birth through social conditioning. They begin sensing that something is amiss, and start looking for answers. Inner knowledge and anomalous outer experiences show them a side of reality others are oblivious to, and so begins their journey of awakening. Each step of the journey is made by following the heart instead of following the crowd and by choosing knowledge over the veils of ignorance.”

Source : "On Intuition vs. Intellect" by Henri Bergson, 1907.
“Heal the soul first; then healing of the mind and body will follow.”

Source : Zhi Gang Sha (2012). “The Power of Soul”, p.272, Simon and Schuster
“No matter what. I like to be different. Its not easy to work the way we want, because we have to deal with a lot of judgmental people, but we've always been in that position, so its nothing we cannot handle.”

Source : Source: valuet.wordpress.com
“Three principles of prayer: 1. Keep it honest. 2. Keep it simple. 3. Keep it up.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 19, 2014

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