“It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good. What's needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts, adding, adding to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not take 'everyone on Earth' to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group who will not give up during the first, second, or hundredth gale.” KnowsGivingFirstsDoeEarthGivenCausesJusticeGroupsNeededGiving UpMassEndureCriticalDeterminedDramaticContinuingNot Giving UpAccumulationPeace And JusticeGaleCritical MassDramatic Change Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes
“Civilization, that great fraud of our times, has promised man that by complicating his existence it would multiply his pleasures. ... Civilization has promised man freedom, at the cost of giving up everything dear to him, which it arrogantly treated as lies and fantasies. ... Hour by hour needs increase and are nearly always unsatisfied, peopling the earth with discontented rebels. The superfluous has become a necessity and luxuries indispensable.” MenNeedsGivingEarthLyingHoursPleasureExistenceFantasyCivilizationCostGiving UpIncreaseDearTreatedLuxuryOur TimeFraudRebelIndispensableSuperfluousUnsatisfied Author:Isabelle Eberhardt
“We have reached a crossroads in human evolution where the only road which leads forward is towards a common passion. . . To continue to place our hopes in a social order achieved by external violence would simply amount to our giving up all hope of carrying the Spirit of the Earth to its limits.” GivingHumansEarthSpiritOrderPassionSocialCommonViolenceEvolutionAmountLimitsGiving UpCrossroadsSocial OrderHuman Evolution Author:Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“If we feel that any habit or pursuit, harmless in itself, is keeping us from God and sinking us deeper in the things of earth; if we find that things which others can do with impunity are for us the occasion of falling, then abstinence is our only course. Abstinence alone can recover for us the real value of what should have been for our help but which has been an occasion of falling. ... It is necessary that we should steadily resolve to give up anything that comes between ourselves and God.” IfsGivingFeelsShouldHas BeensRealHelpingEarthValuesFallCoursesCan DoHabitGiving UpShould HaveDeeperPursuitOccasionsResolveShould Have BeenSinkingAbstinenceImpunityReal Value Author:William Ralph Inge
“Give up all desire for enjoyment in earth or heaven. Control the organs of the senses and control the mind. Bear every misery without even knowing that you are miserable. Think of nothing but spiritual freedom.” ThinkingGivingMindEarthSpiritualDesireHeavenKnowingBearsGiving UpMiserySensesMiserableEnjoymentOrgansSpiritual Freedom Author:Swami Vivekananda
“There is part of me that longs to have the back-to-the-earth life - make my own bread, grow my own wheat, just be really self-sufficient - but I am not, at the moment, willing to give up the luxury of modern life, and amazing schools for my kids, and things that I've come to rely on that are parts of society.” GivingSelfMomentsKidsSchoolEarthGrowsMy OwnModernWillingGiving UpBreadLuxurySufficientRelyModern LifeWheatSelf SufficientEarth Life Author:Lauren Groff
“You have to explain to little children 'why' and you also have to listen to them and believe me, they will reason with you, they're unbelievable! So you can learn from everyone at any age. Life is about listening, leaning and never giving up. As long as you're here on earth, you're here for a purpose and it's not about you it's about what you can do to better the world you live in. And that's why I'm here, to help someone else up.” WorldGivingBelieveChildrenLongReasonHelpingAgeEarthPurposeListeningGiving UpBelieve In MeUnbelievableNever Giving Up Author:Leah Chase
“I get moments where you slide and there's an adrenaline shoot, but the moment you scare yourself is the moment you give up. I think what probably scares me more, is that you're involved in something that is quite surreal and you have to be able to bring yourself back down to earth and that's where when you come home and your kids are just excited to have daddy home and tell you about their day, that's one of the greatest things to bring you back down to earth.” ThinkingGivingMomentsHomeKidsEarthGiving UpExcitedComing HomeScareDaddySurrealAdrenaline Author:Allan McNish
“I think my career will end too early for me to go to Mars, though I might be involved in preparing the next generation to go. I'd love to explore Mars, but, ultimately, it's kind of a crappy planet. The thing is, Mars One people would never go outside without a spacesuit ever again. You're going to live in a tin can. Space stations are noisy; it's like living inside a computer with the fan on all the time. You're never going to smell grass or trees. It's just never going to be anything like Earth. You're never going to swim. You're giving up so much.” PeopleThinkingGivingKindEarthTreeGiving UpComputerSwimNext Generation Author:Jeremy Hansen
“We can pay the ecological debt by changing economic models, and by giving up luxury consumption, setting aside selfishness and individualism, and thinking about the people and the planet Earth.” PeopleThinkingGivingEarthPayEconomicPlanetsGiving UpModelsDebtSettingSettingsLuxurySelfishnessIndividualismConsumptionEcologicalPlanet EarthEarth DayEconomic Models Author:Evo Morales
“One tiny Hobbit against all the evil the world could muster. A sane being would have given up, but Samwise burned with a magnificent madness, a glowing obsession to surmount every obstacle, to find Frodo, destroy the Ring, and cleanse Middle Earth of its festering malignancy. He knew he would try again. Fail, perhaps. And try once more. A thousand, thousand times if need be, but he would not give up the quest.” IfsWorldNeedsGivingTryingEarthEvilGivenFailingMiddleThousandGiving UpMadnessObstaclesTinyRingsObsessionQuestsSaneBurnedMagnificentNot Giving UpGiven UpTry AgainGlowingMusterFrodoMiddle EarthSamwiseFesteringSamwise GamgeeMalignancy Author:J. R. R. Tolkien
“But even she had figured out that there was no point giving up a great job and following him to the ends of the earth, when he simply refused to make any promises about, or even discuss, the future.” GivingEndsEarthJobsPromiseGiving UpFollowingNo PointGreat Job Book:The Wedding Source: The Wedding
“Give up the idea that by ruling over others you can do any good to them. But you can do just as much as you can in the case of the plant: you can supply the growing seed with the materials for the making up of its body, bringing to it the earth, the water, the air, that it wants. It will take all that it wants by its own nature, it will assimilate and grow by its own nature.” WantGivingIdeasBodyEarthGrowsWaterCan DoCasesGrowingAirMaterialsGiving UpPlantSeedsRulingMaking Up Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“A wonderful thing happens when you give up on hope, which is that you realize you never needed it in the first place. You realize that giving up on hope doesn't kill you, nor did it make you less effective. In fact it made you more effective, because you ceased relying on someone or something else to solve your problems - you ceased hoping your problems somehow get solved, through the magical assistance of God, the Great Mother, the Sierra Club, valiant tree-sitters, brave salmon, or even the Earth itself - and you just began doing what's necessary to solve your problems yourself.” GivingFirstsMadeFactsProblemHappensEarthMotherHopeRealizingWonderfulTreeNeededGiving UpBraveClubsSolveThings HappenAssistanceWonderful ThingsSalmonValiantSierraGreat Mother Author:Derrick Jensen