"I wake up in the morning asking myself what can I do today, how can I help the world today. I believe in what I do beyond a shadow of a doubt. I gave my word to this tree and to all the people that my feet would not touch the ground until I had done everything in my power to make the world aware of this problem and to stop the destruction."

-- Julia Hill

#Morning Quotes #Believe Quotes #Feet Quotes

“Let each man take the path according to his capacity, understanding and temperament. His true guru will meet him along that path.”
“Time itself is created through deeds of true kindness.”
“I believe that if people would learn to use LSD's vision-inducing capability more wisely, under suitable conditions, in medical practice and in conjunction with meditation, then in the future this problem child could become a wonderchild.”

Source : Albert Hofmann (1983). “LSD, my problem child: reflections on sacred drugs, mysticism, and science”, J P Tarcher
“You cannot measure the loss of a human life. It's all the things a person was, all their dreams, all the people who loved them, all they hoped to be and could give back to the world.”
“...she felt about reading what some writers felt about writing: that it was impossible not to do it and that at this late stage of her life she had been chosen to read as others were chosen to write.”
“Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it pure ignorance?”
“In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of musicians couldn't bear that. They are not used to listening to the bass because they think the bass is in the background to support them.”
“I see parody as another form of comedy.”

Source : Interview with Steve Heisler, film.avclub.com. February 11, 2009.

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