"... the aim of development must be neither producerism not consumerism, but the satisfaction of fundamental human needs, which are not only needs of humanity..."

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Source : Acceptance speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 1983.

Manfred Max Neef

#Humanity Quotes #Needs Quotes #Fundamentals Quotes

“There are two things I eat that I know I shouldn't: chocolate and ice cream. You only live once, so I am going to eat chocolate.”
“Media, the plural of mediocrity.”
“Sitting beside the pool is fine for two weeks, but after that I think it'd be quite hard to live with - so I need to keep racing.”
“I think the lesson that I learnt very early on was to listen to people you work with, because you're all in it together.”

Source : Source: www.coupdemainmagazine.com
“Ease leads to habit, as success to ease. He lives by rule who lives himself to please.”

Source : George Crabbe, George Crabbe (Jr.) (1834). “The poetical works of the rev. George Crabbe: with his letters and journals, and his life”, p.37
“Straight up from this road Away from the fitted particles of frost Coating the hull of each chick pea, And the stiff archer bug making its way In the morning dark, toe hair by toe hair, Up the stem of the trillim, Straight up through the sky above this road right now, The galaxies of the Cygnus A cluster Are colliding with each other in a massive swarm Of interpenetrating and exploding catastrophes. I try to remember that.”

Source : Pattiann Rogers (2014). “The Expectations of Light”, p.35, Princeton University Press
“Make the man within your living ideal.”
“Rick: Here's looking at you, kid.”

Source : "Fictional character: Rick Blaine". "Casablanca", www.imdb.com. 1942.

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