“Our own economy tells us to take as much as we can get, right? Our own economy says, you're going to be the most successful graduate if you go into the business world and take as much you can get. That's not how nature works. Nature has a much simpler economy. Everything in nature takes what it needs. That's it. You don't see an oak tree gathering up all the resources. An oak tree takes what it needs to be the authentic oak tree it is.” IfsWorldNeedsEconomySuccessfulTreeResourcesSimplicityGraduatesGatheringOaksBusiness WorldOak Tree Author:Tom Shadyac
“Theres one fundamental law that all of nature obeys that mankind breaks every day. Now, this is a law thats evolved over billions of years, and the law is this: Nothing in nature takes more than it needs.” NeedsYearsLawBreakMankindFundamentalsBillions Author:Tom Shadyac
“I am operating under the philosophy that I will simply use what I need and the rest - even if I still have it somewhere - is not mine. It is others'. It is for the healing of the natural world. And it is in the process of returning.” IfsWorldNeedsStillsPhilosophyUseProcessNaturalHealingMinesNatural World Author:Tom Shadyac
“I have not walked away from Hollywood. I'm walking away from the way I personally did business in Hollywood. The budget of whatever movie I do needs to be efficient; it needs to consider what kind of resources we're using and how to be as responsible as possible.” WayNeedsKindWalkingResourcesHollywoodResponsibleBudgetsEfficientWalking Away Author:Tom Shadyac
“The word contentment comes from the word content, which is what we hold inside - love, value, a feeling of a life that has meaning or purpose, a cause greater than yourself that you're a part of. These are the things that bring true happiness. As a culture, I think we need to redefine what it means to be happy.” ThinkingNeedsMeanFeelingsPurposeValuesCultureCausesGreaterContentmentTrue Happiness Author:Tom Shadyac
“Illnesses are often times a reflection of an emotional place that needs healing or attention.” NeedsHealingAttentionEmotionalReflectionIllness Author:Tom Shadyac
“Fear represents our need to hang on to the riverbank, to control outcomes, results, our lives; it swims upstream. Truth is about releasing that hold, letting go of results, and trusting the direction of Life’s current.” NeedsResultsOur LivesTruth IsLetting GoCurrentsOutcomesSwim Author:Tom Shadyac
“Nature is very clear on this. In fact, there's one fundamental law that all of nature obeys that mankind breaks everyday. Now this is a law that's evolved over billions of years and the law is this: nothing in nature takes more than it needs. A redwood tree doesn't take all of the soil's nutrients, just what it needs to grow. A lion doesn't kill every gazelle, just one. We have a term for something in the body when it takes more than its share. We call it cancer.” NeedsYearsFactsBodyLawGrowsTermBreakClearTreeShareMankindFundamentalsEverydayCancerBillionsSoilJust OneLionsNutrientsRedwoodsGazelles Author:Tom Shadyac
