“Though this new forest grew mightily, elsewhere the mighty jungles fell. Elsewhere the coastal rain forests that furred the body of the world were torn and riven. Elsewhere the last of the old growth the last of the world's own garment were ripped away. It was in this time, now, that the mother of us all was stripped naked and left to die in shame of her children, she who had been robed in glory like this, adorned like this. I bent my head upon the roots and wept, sorrowing for the trees.” WorldChildrenBodyLastsMotherDiesLeftGrowthTreeGrewGloryRainRootsShameForestsNakedElsewhereBentTornJungleGarmentsRippedCoastal Author:Sheri S. Tepper
“The great constructive energies of the child ... have hitherto been concealed beneath an accumulation of ideas concerning motherhood. We used to say it was the mother who formed the child; for it is she who teaches him to walk, talk, and so on. But none of this is really done by the mother. It is an achievement of the child. What the mother brings forth is the baby, but it is the baby who produces the man. Should the mother die, the baby still grows up and completes his work of making the man.” MenShouldChildrenStillsIdeasDoneUsedMotherDiesEnergyGrowsGrowthWalksTeachGrowing UpProduceHe ManBabyAchievementMotherhoodConstructiveAccumulationConcealed Author:Maria Montessori
“I tell you to keep going, not because it's easy. Not because it doesn't hurt. I tell you to keep going because there's no other way. To stop is to die. Life is in motion. In growth. In change. Life is in seeking and in finding. Life is in redemption. Each moment is a new birth. A new chance to come back, to get it right. A new chance to make it better.” WayMomentsLife IsDiesEasyGrowthHurtChanceBirthFindingsSeekingRedemptionLife ChangingKeep Going Author:Yasmin Mogahed
“When I am alone the flowers are really seen; I can pay attention to them. They are felt as presences. Without them I would die...they change before my eyes. They live and die in a few days; they keep me closely in touch with the process, with growth, and also with dying. I am floated on their moments.” I CanMomentsEyeDiesFeltProcessGrowthPayAttentionDyingFlowerPay Attention Author:May Sarton
“Healthy people are those who live in healthy homes on a healthy diet; in an environment equally fit for birth, growth work, healing, and dying... Healthy people need no bureaucratic interference to mate, give birth, share the human condition and die.” PeopleNeedsGivingHumansHomeDiesGrowthHealingEnvironmentShareConditionsDyingHealthBirthFitHealthyDietsMatesHuman ConditionInterferenceGet WellHealthy Diet Author:Ivan Illich
“When we hunt or fish, we deliberately kill a defenseless being who wishes us no harm. This is a direct violation of the First Precept. It is absolutely forbidden to Buddhists. As to eating meat, we know that the only way we can obtain it is for an animal to be killed. Therefore, when we eat meat, it is our intent that an innocent animal should die to satisfy our addiction to flesh. And that underlying intention, no matter how well hidden behind a smokescreen of rationalizations will block the growth of compassion and create negative karma.” KnowsWayShouldFirstsWellsMatterDiesWishGrowthAnimalBehindsCompassionEatingNegativeDirectIntentionAddictionFishesHarmFleshKarmaInnocentBlockBuddhistMeatForbiddenHuntsViolationDefenselessEating MeatNegative Karma Author:Norm Phelps
“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.” LoveLifeBookEndsWholeMomentsTruthDiesProcessGrowthBornEducationLearningWords Of WisdomExaminationLearning ProcessExamLive And LearnLifelong LearningBook Learning Book:Krishnamurti on Education Source: Krishnamurti on Education