"The only way you can be universal is to be sure you are very specifically local."

-- Damon Galgut

“Humanity cannot afford to muddle through the rest of the twentieth century; the risks are too great, and the stakes are too high. This may be the last opportunity to choose our own and our descendantsâ€™ destiny. Failing to choose or making the wrong choices may lead to catastrophe. But it must never be forgotten that the right choices could lead to a much better world.”
“We live in an interdependent world. Every time you cut off somebody else's opportunities, you shrink your own horizons.”
“You can indeed be aware of your body, but you can also be aware of your mind - you can right now notice all the thoughts and ideas and images floating in front of the mind's inward eye. You can, in other words, experience your mind, be aware of your mind. And it's very important to experience your mind directly, cleanly, intensely, because only by bringing awareness to the mind can you begin to transcend the mind and be free of its limitations.”

Source : Ken Wilber (1998). “The Essential Ken Wilber”, p.85, Shambhala Publications
“You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now.”
“...I asked Ochto what in the name of all that was sacred he thought he was doing. "Helping you," said Dirnes. "Why?" They put the soldier down, and Ochto straightened to look me in the eye. "Because I know nothing about kings and princes, but I know men.”
“The moment you grab someone by the lapels, you're lost.”
“Every living creature on the earth is special. You want to be the one that puts an end to one of them?”
“It's important to listen to lots of different genres because you never know when something will get born out of it.”

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