"This is the simple discovery which we must confront. We were given a place in the creation, with a beauty beyond telling, and we have failed to care for it. And as our collective contempt for the non-human world has intensified, so has our contempt for each other. We have failed to care for each other."

-- Robert Jensen

#Simple Quotes #Discovery Quotes #World Quotes

“All of us are better when we're loved.”

Source : Alistair MacLeod (2012). “To Every Thing There Is a Season: A Cape Breton Christmas Story”, p.48, McClelland & Stewart
“What happened after Katrina is that people were stirred to action; there were an enormous number of contributions by people trying to make a difference. But then we forget. We've forgotten Katrina victims, we've forgotten the face of poverty.”
“I have always been fascinated by the concept of the villain and the hero being in one person.”
“Homes that are built on anything other than love are bound to crumble.”
“The technology is the independent variable, the social system the dependent variable. Social, systems are therefore determined by systems of technology; as the latter change, so do the former.”
“I am so scared of the sea, so what did I do? Learned to scuba in the Great Barrier Reef.”
“Make believe I'm right.”
“There will be those who will tell you that you can't make it because of how you look, because of the way you talk. We all have heard that - I almost listened.”

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