"In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now."

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Source : Wangari Maathai's Nobel lecture at the City Hall in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 2004.

Wangari Maathai

#Leadership Quotes #Giving Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“Remember that each light between sunrise and sunset is worth dying for at least once.”
“Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism”
“Paper is my best friend and paper seller is my worst friend!”

Source : Humor & Caricature magazine, April 1995.
“If you want to change your life, begin by changing your words. Start speaking the words of your dreams, of who you want to become, not the words of fear or failure.”
“No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.”
“He had reached that moment in life, different for each one of us, when a man abandonds himself to his demon or to his genius, following a mysterious law which bids him either to destroy or outdo himself.”
“Each thing lives according to its kind; the heart by love, the intellect by truth, the higher nature of man by intimate communion with God.”
“Lecter is so lucid, so perceptive; he's trained in psychiatry... and he's a mass murderer.”

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