“Toutes mes idées naissent dans les rues de la société. C'est là que j'ai appris, toute souffrance naît de l'avidité.”
Source: L'humain Impossible: Cent Sonnets pour Ma Famille Mondiale
“Il ne regarde pas votre tempête depuis le ciel. Il y entre avec vous.
La tempête qui semble vouloir vous détruire est souvent l'endroit où vous rencontrez enfin Dieu face à face.”
Source: Avec Dieu Dans La Tempete: Découvrir Sa Présence, Sa Paix et Son But au Coeur des Tempêtes
“… what right [do] people in wealthy countries have to blame the poor for their poverty, much less for humanity’s environmental dilemma, when it [is] rich countries’ consumption patterns that [are] responsible for the vast majority of the world’s resource depletion and ecosystem destruction?”
“...er det meget sterke krefter som søker å erstatte friluftsliv med mekanisert miljøødeleggende og konkurranseformet opphold i natur.”
Source: Ecology, Community and Lifestyle
“...and after all, if I really wanted the bay to stay totally untouched, I wouldn't be living here myself, would I?" said her mother's voice out in the kitchen. I'd live in the city, and just enjoy the idea of the bay, pure and untouched between bare hills. But we built this house didn't we? We dug into the slope and levelled the space and poured the concrete foundations.”
Source: Kaitangata Twitch
“So I was sold at last! A human being sold in the free city of New York! The bill of sale is on record, and future generations will learn from it that women were articles of traffic in New York, late in the nineteenth century of the Christian religion.”
Source: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
“Maybe slavery has been with us for centuries because of the inclination to maintain economic systems geared more toward commodifying human existence than developing its spiritual, creative, or scientific potentials. Such commodification instantly erases any recognition of humanity as a priceless value unto itself and reduces individuals as well as entire races, or a specific gender, to a bargain-priced 'other.”
Source: Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah
“The people of the city of Savannah within their collective conscience could follow previous examples in history and forgive the atrocities of actual slavery committed against slaves themselves. But what was it [the city] to do with the knowledge that children completely unaware of the greater ramifications of slavery were led to the Civil War slaughter in its name? How does one acknowledge with forgiveness such an unforgiving mutilation of one’s own mind, body, soul, and legacy?”
Source: Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah
“From the pool of awakenings which includes creativity, strength, generosity, loving-kindness and transformation, I selected seven awakenings to immerse myself in each day: consciousness, compassion, forgiveness, expansion, abundance, healing, and balance. I believe that if we can live a life toward mastery of any seven principles in the pool of awakenings, then our lives will flourish and those we hold dear in our lives will experience greater fulfillment. Which seven do you choose?”
Source: Secrets of Meditation: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace and Personal Transformation
“There is a reason fairy tales most commonly end with happy endings. It is because nobody wants to face the realization of human depravity.”