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“The most radical thing any of us can do at this time is to be fully present to what is happening in the world.”

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Joanna Macy is a renowned author, activist, and environmentalist. Born on May 2, 1929, she is known for her contributions to environmental protection and ecofeminism. more

“What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places--and there are so many--where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.”

Source: A Power Governments Cannot Suppress

“Amazingly, we’ve become a culture that considers Twinkies, Cocoa Puffs, and Mountain Dew safe, but raw milk and compost-grown tomatoes unsafe.”

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Author:Joel Salatin

“Political violence is organized violence on the top which creates individual violence at the bottom.”

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Author:Emma Goldman

“I never know what the next lesson is going to be, because we're not supposed to know -- we're supposed to trust ourselves to discover it.”

Knows Next Lessons

Author:Melody Beattie

“If we do not work on all three levels -- body, feeling, mind -- the symptoms of our distress will keep returning, as the body goes on repeating the story stored in its cells until it is finally listened to and understood.”

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Author:Alice Miller

“As I go through all kinds of feelings and experiences in my journey through life -- delight, surprise, chagrin, dismay -- I hold this question as a guiding light: 'What do I really need right now to be happy?' What I come to over and over again is that only qualities as vast and deep as love, connection and kindness will really make me happy in any sort of enduring way.”

“One of the bonuses about loving yourself is that you get to feel good.”

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Author:Louise Hay

“The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.”

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Author:B.K.S. Iyengar

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