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“With an eco-mind, we get ready for surprises, for we realize it's just not possible to know what's possible.”

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Frances Moore Lappé is an American author and social activist known for her research on food, agriculture, and global justice. Her book 'Diet for a Small Planet' was first published in 1971 and had a profound impact on the food movement. more

“Faith is a state of openness or trust...In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all. Instead they are holding tight. But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to the truth, whatever it might turn out to be.”

Persons Ideas Matter States Might Certain Faith Turns Universe Attitude Letting Go Openness Fanatics

Author:Shunryu Suzuki

“Faith is the soul's witness to something not yet manifested, achieved or realised, but which yet the Knower within us, even in the absence of all indications, feels to be true or supremely worth following or achieving.”

Feels Soul Faith Achieve Following Absence Being True Witness Realised Indication

Book:The Integral Yoga: Sri Aurobindo's Teaching and Method of Practice

Source: The Integral Yoga: Sri Aurobindo's Teaching and Method of Practice

“Faith is the courageous confidence that trusts in the Source of all gifts.”

Faith Source Courageous

Author:David Steindl-Rast

“When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens like one of those fluted Japanese blossoms, flimsy and spastic, bright and warm. This almost always seems to happen in community.”

Sometimes Seems Happens Faith Community Expectations Warm Floats

Author:Anne Lamott

“It is essential that in a society, divine thoughts and power should co-exist. Simple Faith, not backed by material forces, is weak and Strength without touch of Divinity is monstrous.”

Should Faith Force Simple Divine Materials Essentials Weak Divinity Monstrous Simple Faith

Author:Pandurang Shastri Athavale

“Fearlessness is a result of faith in oneself and faith in God.”

Faith Results Oneself Faith In God Fearlessness

Author:Pandurang Shastri Athavale

“Hope is a stance, not an assessment.”

Faith Assessment Stance

Author:Frances Moore Lappé

“Is it [hunting] really a sport if you have all the equipment and your opponent doesn't know a game is going on?”

Ifs Knows Games Sports Opponents Hunting Fairness Equipment

Author:Bill Maher

“The wealth of a society isn't measured at the top, but at the bottom”

Wealth Bottom Fairness

Author:Jim Webb

“The law, for all its failings, has a noble goal - to make the little bit of life that people can actually control more just. We can't end disease or natural disasters, but we can devise rules for our dealings with one another that fairly weigh the rights and needs of everyone, and which, therefore, reflect our best vision of ourselves.”

People Needs Littles Ends Law Bits Goal Natural Vision Rights Failing Disease Little Bit Noble Disaster Fairness Dealings Natural Disaster

Author:Scott Turow

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