"Second, I believe in human ingenuity â€“ that when we decide on a task to be done, no matter how daunting it may seem at the beginning, we are able to unleash human ingenuity and human innovative capacity that was unknown, and takes us to a solution."

-- Christiana Figueres

#Believe Quotes #Matter Quotes #Able Quotes

“As a myth of national purpose and as a program for individual conduct, the simple life has, in a sense, served as the nation's conscience, reminding Americans of what the founders had hoped they would be and thereby providing a vivifying counterpoint to the excesses of materialist individualism.”
“Death when to death a death by death hath given Then shall be op't the long shut gates of heaven. [Mors, mortis morti mortem nisi morte dedisset (dedisses).]”
“Collecting is like sex; satisfaction renews and creates new appetites.”
“Fighting with him was like trying to solve a crossword and realizing there's no right answer”
“Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.”
“I don't think I'll ever fully get over losing the city council seat. I don't know how that happened. But it was less than 1 percent out of 50,000 votes. I'd put in six or seven years into changing L.A.”
“a normal human being ... does not exist.”

Source : Karen Horney (2013). “The Neurotic Personality Of Our Time”, p.27, Routledge
“When it comes to animal agriculture, there is conventional, which is rally hideous, and 'compassionate' and 'certified humane' or whatever, which 'may' be 'slightly' less hideous. But it is all torture. It's all wrong. These 'happy' gimmicks are just designed to make the public feel better about exploiting animals. Don't buy the propaganda of 'happy' exploitation. Go vegan and promote veganism.”

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