"If the life-supporting ecosystems of the planet are to survive for future generations, the consumer society will have to dramatically curtail its use of resources - partly by shifting to high-quality, low-input durable goods and partly by seeking fulfillment through leisure, human relationships, and other nonmaterial avenues. We in the consumer society will have to live a technologically sophisticated version of the life-style currently practiced lower on the economic ladder."

-- Alan Thein Durning

#Ecosystems Quotes #Style Quotes #Environmental Quotes

“The worship of false gods is always an outgrowth of spiritual deception.”
“Just as some plants bear fruit only if they don't shoot up too high, so in practical arts the leaves and flowers of theory must be pruned and the plant kept close to its proper soil- experience.”
“He that endureth to the end, shall be saved.”

Source : Steve Berry (2004). “The Romanov Prophecy”, p.279, Ballantine Books
“The only race I know is the human one.”
“For many years, I struggled with how I felt about myself. I hid and harbored very self-destructive eating issues, namely anorexia, which at its worst caused me to lose half of my hair and brought my weight down dramatically.”

Source : "My Life Before ‘Secret Life’" by Renee Olstead, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 19, 2012.
“Everybody is called to become a saint. Not everybody's gonna be canonized by the Church...The only thing about being canonized is you're already dead so you don't even get to go to the party.”
“The leader demonstrates confidence that the challenge can be met, the need resolved, the crisis overcome.”

Source : John Edmund Haggai (1986). “Lead on!: leadership that endures in a changing world”, W Publishing Group
“I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.”

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