"If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing with the understanding that we do not know enough to be pessimistic."

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Source : Hazel Henderson (1988). “The Politics of the Solar Age: Alternatives to Economics”, Knowledge Systems

Hazel Henderson

#Optimistic Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Principles Quotes

“You've probably heard the term, 'red flag warning.' That means there are extreme conditions. Low humidity, high temperatures. The fuels are extremely dry and volatile. We classify those in East Tennessee as 'fire days' so if your fire class day is a 1, it's relatively low. A class 5 day would be an extremely high danger day. A day like Sunday would be a 4 or a 5.”
“If you cannot solve the proposed problem try to solve first some related problem.”
“Fear and guilt are your only enemies. If you let go of fear, fear lets go of you. If you release guilt, guilt will release you. How do you do that? By deciding to.”
“There is no justice we don't make daily like bread and love.”

Source : Marge Piercy (2013). “The Art of Blessing the Day: Poems with a Jewish Theme”, p.196, Knopf
“Women love a self-confident bald man.”
“I have become an orchid washed in on the salt white beach. Memory, what can I make of it now that might please you- this life, already wasted and still strewn with miracles?”
“Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.”
“We used two Princess Cruise ships. The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. They were identical ships.”

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