"We have an economy that tells us it is cheaper to destroy earth in real time rather than renew, restore, and sustain it. You can print money to bail out a bank but you can't print life to bail out a planet"

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Source : "You are Brilliant, and the Earth is Hiring". Paul Hawken's commencement speech at the University of Portland in Oregon, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 2, 2014.

Paul Hawken

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“God is the only being who is good, and the standards are set by Him. Because God hates sin, He has to punish those guilty of sin. Maybe that's not an appealing standard. But to put it bluntly, when you get your own universe, you can make your own standards.”
“The only person who can solve the labyrinth of yourself is You.”

Source : "Every Good Boy Does Fine: A life in piano lessons" by Jeremy Denk, www.newyorker.com. April 08, 2013.
“Profane swearing never did any man any good. No man in the richer or wiser or happier for it.”
“We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day. We say no to great ideas in order to keep the amount of things we focus on very small in number, so that we can put enormous energy behind the ones we do choose.....It's not just saying yes to the right products, it's saying no to many products that are good ideas, but just not nearly as good as other ones.”

Source : "Apple COO Tim Cook: 'We Have No Interest In Being In The TV Market'" by Dan Frommer, www.businessinsider.com. February 23, 2010.
“No looking back. Life goes one way only, and whatever opinions you hold about the past having nothing to do with anything but your own damn weakness. Nothing changes what already happened. It will always have happened. You either let it break you down or you don't.”

Source : Charles Frazier (2011). “Nightwoods: A Novel”, p.42, Random House
“Investment in AIDS will be repaid a thousand-fold in lives saved and communities held together.”
“I love stretching myself musically.”
“I have a huge need for financial security; the emigrant in me has a fear of ending up homeless and in the gutter.”

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