"Healing the wounds of the earth and its people does not require saintliness or a political party, only gumption and persistence. It is not a liberal or conservative activity; it is a sacred act."

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Source : Paul Hawken (2007). “Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beau ty to the World”, p.14, Penguin

Paul Hawken

#Party Quotes #Healing Quotes #Persistence Quotes

“When you go on stage and it's your show, you don't really have to work that hard to win that audience because you've already won them.”
“I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not.”
“Now I know why they tell you to put your head between your knees on crash landings. You think you're going to kiss your ***** good-bye.”
“Life is an earnest business, and no one every became good or great on a diet of broad grins.”
“What seems to sell books is good word-of-mouth, not promotion tours. I'm too old to believe that media promotion of a book really matters. What matters is how it will look 100 years from now, not how many copies are sold.”
“We have the freedom to pray and the freedom to love the God of our heart. And we have been forgiven by the only one who could condemn us. We are truly free.”
“However, I don't feel the world is looking over my shoulder when I am working - I never think about this at all. What I think about is trying to make my work pure, and if it is pure then it can be accessible. It is quite straight forward really.”
“Lots of people go mad in January. Not as many as in May, of course. Nor June. But January is your third most common month for madness.”

Source : Karen Joy Fowler (2012). “Sarah Canary”, p.49, Hachette UK

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