“Truth cannot be constructed. To live in ideology is, as Havel so eloquently reminds us, inevitably to live in a lie. Truth can only be revealed. We cannot be creators, only receptors.”
“Let’s keep handing out love and compassion and kindness, and let’s do this with more than just our words: Let’s do it with our actions.”
Source: Blessed, Beautiful Now: How I Embraced The Present By Celebrating My Past And Learned to Love Life Again
“For every ten tuna, sharks, and other large predatory fish that were in our oceans fifty to a hundred years ago, only one is left.”
Source: Eating Animals
“Every turkey sold in every store and served in every restaurant was the product of artificial insemination. If it were only for efficiency, that would be one thing, but these animals literally can’t reproduce naturally. Tell me what could be sustainable about that?”
Source: Eating Animals
“It is less that you are an adversary and more that you are someone with an opinion that (although frightening to me) might in some way enrich my own. And if I raise myself to being a partner with you on this mutual journey of ours, and if I refuse to bow to the posture of being a frightened adversary as you intersect my journey with a journey different than my own, we can profoundly change what we would have otherwise both died fighting over.”
“Without action, we can relegate ideas about social harmony and bridge-building to the realm of wishful thinking.”
Source: Co-Human Harmony: Using Our Shared Humanity to Bridge Divides
“As acrimony gets a tighter grip on democratic society, good people can either sit on the sidelines, debilitated by angst and daily distractions, or they can overcome indecision and work towards harmony.”
Source: Co-Human Harmony: Using Our Shared Humanity to Bridge Divides
“We, the willing, should practice the art of lifting the ideological veil and seeing co-humanity everywhere.”
Source: Co-Human Harmony: Using Our Shared Humanity to Bridge Divides
“In my opinion, I think the cure to the arrogance gene in humans, is the starting point to finding the cure to all diseases.”
“Money doesn't control me or my capability
Escaping in my mind, I find divinity
Directing my energy towards letting things be
Acceptance and a willingness to understand
Set me free
The little things make me happy
Sincerely yours, empathy and compassion”
Source: Awakenigma Allegory Anomalous