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Brian Swimme

"Each being in the universe yearns for the free energy necessary for survival and development. Each existence resists extinction. The consequent history of violence in the universe is as inevitable as the gravitational pull between the Earth and the Sun."

Source : Brian Swimme, Thomas Berry (1992). “The universe story: from the primordial flaring forth to the ecozoic era--a celebration of the unfolding of the cosmos”, Harper San Francisco

Brian Swimme

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“The Republican critique here is that Russia is in a weak situation, but has been emboldened by a weak response from the United States, that in Ukraine, that in other places, the United States has not stepped forward.”
“Nobody wants to proclaim, 'I changed the world with my inferior products.'”
“Even today, I dare not say that I have reached a state of achievement. I'm still learning, for learning is boundless.”
“I didn't have any inhibitions. I saw Elvis and Gene Vincent, and I thought, "Well, I can do this." And I liked doing it.”
“I am happy that I have entertained people and made them happy.”
“East of the sun and west of the moon.' As unfathomable as the words were, I realized I must figure them out, reason it through. For I would go to this impossible land that lay east of the sun and west of the moon. From the moment the sleigh had vanished from sight and I could no longer hear the silver bells I knew that I would go after the stranger that had been the white bear to make right the terrible wrong I had done him.... All that mattered was to make things right. And I would do whatever it took, journey to wherever I must, to reach that goal.”

Source : Edith Pattou (2014). “North Child”, p.153, Usborne Publishing Ltd
“Teaching causes people to go into situations from which they cannot escape, except by thinking. Do not handicap children by making their lives easy.”
“We work for peace every time we exercise authority with wisdom and authentic love.”

"Each being in the universe yearns for the free energy necessary for survival and development. Each existence resists extinction. The consequent history of violence in the universe is as inevitable as the gravitational pull between the Earth and the Sun."

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