"Only rarely do we see beyond the needs of humanity, and he linked this blindness to our Christian and humanist infrastructure. It arose 2,000 years ago and was then benign, and we were no significant threat to Gaia. Now that we are over six billion hungry and greedy individuals, all aspiring to a first-world lifestyle, our urban way of life encroaches upon the domain of the living Earth."

Source : James Lovelock (2007). “The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth is Fighting Back and How We Can Still Save Humanity”, p.21, Penguin UK

James Lovelock

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“I have a motto: Work to become, not to acquire.”
“But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.”
“It is an agreeable and yet a painful sense of novelty to stand for the first time in the midst of a people whose language and manners are different from one's own.”

Source : Bayard Taylor (1875). “Views A-foot: Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff”, p.88
“Judas sold his soul for thirty pieces of silver; Faust sold his for some extra years of youth; Marilyn Monroe deserted Jesus Christ for Arthur Miller.”

Source : Nicholas Samstag (1962). “The Uses of Ineptitude; Or: How Not to Want to Do Better”, Astor-Honor Incorporated
“The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose. Does it not have material and spiritual evil as its consequences which far exceed whatever good might result? When will our moralists give us an answer to this question?”

Source : John Hersey (2015). “Hiroshima [Illustrated Edition]”, p.31, Pickle Partners Publishing
“We did not find it difficult to deal with Bush and his administration, because it is similar to regimes in our countries - both types include many who are full of arrogance and greed.”
“I have very curly hair and I straighten it every day - it takes maybe two minutes. I can't imagine anyone having a bigger challenge than I do in the kinkiness that is my crazy 'fro.'”
“The most important tool you have on a resume is language.”

Source : "Disrupt You! Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation". Book by Jay Samit, 2015.

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