"The collapse of the world's banking system and the impending disaster of accelerating climate change are not separate phenomena. They are simply the most visible symptoms of a particular model of capitalism that will bring civilisation to its knees. But those symptoms will not get sorted unless and until we commit to a radical transformation of the way we create and distribute wealth in the world today"

-- Jonathon Porritt

#Climate Quotes #Banking Quotes #World Quotes

“Live as with God; and, whatever be your calling, pray for the gift that will perfectly qualify you in it.”

Source : Horace Bushnell (1858). “Sermons for the new life”, p.49
“Before I write I let my mind go blind and let the lord do his thing.”
“Politics is about power. It is about the power of the state. It is about the power of the state as applied to individuals, the society in which they live and the economy in which they work. Most critically, our responsibility in this parliament is how that power is used: whether it is used for the benefit of the few or the many.”

Source : Kevin Rudd (2017). “Not for the Faint-hearted: A Personal Reflection on Life, Politics and Purpose 1957-2007”, p.9, Macmillan Publishers Aus.
“Every Halloween for six years, I was a Ninja Turtle, and Mikey was my favorite. The turtles really made me who I am today. They got me into martial arts, meditation, surfing, skateboarding; big time influence on who I am today.”

Source : "Interview with Greg Cipes, TV's Michelangelo". Interview with David Burszan, www.denofgeek.com. November 4, 2013.
“No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life. It is the understanding and application of wise thought which counts.”

Source : FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Jan 19, 2017
“We each after a while have to become reconciled to what it is that our talents and appetites lead us to.”
“The police had a practice of entrapping people. This was done all over the country, but we had a particularly vicious group here in Southern California because of the Hollywood situation. They knew they could get a lot of them. They were shaking down people for thousands in blackmail.”

Source : Source: www.progressive.org
“You had women's kickboxing and they're in the ring and that's what I want to do. I just wanted to fight.”

You may also like:

Caroline Lucas
Former Member of the European Parliament
Crispin Tickell
George Monbiot
Writer
James Lovelock
Scientist
John Elkington
Author
Sara Parkin
Activist
Tim Smit
Tony Juniper
Writer
Tim Jackson
Economist