"Making conscious choices about what we eat, based on what the earth can sustain and what our bodies need, can help remind us that our whole society must begin to balance sustainable production with human need."

-- Frances Moore LappÃ©

#Choices Quotes #Balance Quotes #Society Quotes

“The white man has succeeded in subduing the world by forcing everybody to think his way....The white man's propaganda has made him the master of the world, and all those who have come in contact with it and accepted it have become his slaves.”
“I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science.”

Source : Heinz R. Pagels (1988). “The dreams of reason: the computer and the rise of the sciences of complexity”, Simon & Schuster
“We do not have weapons of mass destruction.”

Source : Quoted in George Galloway I'm Not the Only One (2004).
“By practicing the virtues we cultivate the soil from which healthy emotions sprout; by letting go of our character defects we drain the swamp in which diseased emotions breed.”
“Hearing Marilyn Crispell play solo piano is like monitoring an active volcano. She is one of a very few pianists who rise to the challenge of free jazz.”
“Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.”
“Norway was occupied by the Germans in the Second World War, and I've met a lot of people who had to live through that occupation in varying degrees.”

Source : Interview with Brian Fegter, www.amc.com. 2011.
“Education is only the most fully conscious of the channels whereby each generation influences the next.”

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