"To have an extraordinary quality of life you need two skills: the science of achievement (the ability to take anything you envision and make it real) and the art of fulfillment (this allows you to enjoy every moment of it."

“In relation to the earth we have been autistic for centuries. Only now have we begun to listen with some attention and with a willingness to respond to the earth's demands that we cease our industrial assault, that we abandon our inner rage against the conditions of our earthly existence, that we renew our human participation in the grand liturgy of the universe.”

Source : Thomas Berry, Thomas Mary Berry (1996). “Creative Energy: Bearing Witness for the Earth”, Random House (NY)

“everybody has a story to tell”

“It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling...”

“When I hear Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come', it frustrates me because no matter how hard I try, I can never be that good.”

“Hillary Clinton has had a very rough experience with Benjamin Netanyahu.”

“Whether it is drawing or painting, skilled Artists usually deliver a faster result without jeopardizing the quality, simply because they don't have to waste their time on fixing mistakes.”

“We have been too kind to those who are killing the planet. We have been inexcusably, unforgivably, insanely kind.”

Source : Derrick Jensen (2012). “The Derrick Jensen Reader: Writings on Environmental Revolution”, p.198, Seven Stories Press

“All women speak two languages: 
the language of men 
and the language of silent suffering.
 Some women speak a third, 
the language of queens.”