"The increasing desolation of nature, the exhaustion of resources, the uneasiness and disintegration of the human spirit, all have been brought about by humanity's trying to accomplish something."

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Source : Masanobu Fukuoka (2010). “The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming”, p.159, New York Review of Books

Masanobu Fukuoka

#Humanity Quotes #Trying Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“It was a standard fantasy when you fell in love to imagine you could go back in time and find your beloved growing up, appear there, save him or her, get together as adolescents, by magic, and go on together, fighting for one another, into old age, never wavering.”

Source : Norman Rush (2013). “Subtle Bodies”, p.11, Granta Books
“Iâ€™m not interested in blind optimism, but Iâ€™m very interested in optimism that is hard-won, that takes on darkness and then says, â€˜This is not enough.â€™ But it takes time, more time than we can sometimes imagine, to get there. And sometimes we donâ€™t.”
“Diet and supplements and exercise programs aren't what is achieving longevity. Having a faith-based community can add four to 14 years.”
“It's interesting that you put me in the league with those illustrious fighters [Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Jack Johnson], but I've proved since my career I've surpassed them as far my popularity. I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.”
“Yes, I am very prolific.”

Source : "INTERVIEW: Man on the Bridge; Leconte Balances Classic and Contemporary with 'Widow'". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. February 28, 2001.
“hurt vanity is one of the cruelest of mortal wounds.”
“I was always a believer in stamping on my opponent if I got him down, at Wimbledon or anywhere else. I never wanted to give him the chance to get up.”
“They had bombed and burned,killed and maimed,plundered and looted.Now they had come to claim the land.”

Source : Susan Abulhawa (2010). “Mornings in Jenin”, p.58, Bloomsbury Publishing

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