"We are altering the most basic forces of the planet's surface - the content of the sunlight, the temperature and aridity - and that brings out the most powerful questions about who is in charge. If you wanted to give a name to this theological problem, I think you could say that we are engaged in decreation."

-- Bill McKibben

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“My dad used to say that life's a journey, but somebody screwed up and lost the map.”
“You can't rely on your own perception when it comes to anything. You can always be proved wrong.”
“If we learn to accept our imperfections with humor, as the reflection of our very humanity, we will experience humility and tolerance, we will understand that we are already filled with forgiveness, we will see the gift of our lives, the chains will fall away, and we will be free -- free not so much from fear or 'dependence,' but free for love, for life itself.”
“There is a difference between God as a sense of comfort, and God actually telling you what to do!”
“I was always chasing Taylor, trying to keep up with him.”
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something.”

Source : "My New Year Wish" by Neil Gaiman, journal.neilgaiman.com. December 31, 2011.
“The truth of human freedom lies in the love that breaks down barriers.”
“Foreign aid goes from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.”

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