“What I have to tell you is this: I am resolved that dancing is to be my path. I know that to be a dancer is to be considered in our world little more than a prostitute. But you cannot imagine what is happening here in Berlin. It is different back home, but in Europe dance is being reborn as something more than cheap entertainment by loose women.” KnowsWorldLittlesDifferentHomePathImagineHappeningsEuropeDancingEntertainmentDancerOur WorldBerlinBack HomeRebornLoose Women Author:Wendy Buonaventura
“What is happening to our world is almost too colossal for human comprehension to contain...To contemplate its girth and its circumference, to attempt to define it, to try and fight it all at once, is impossible. The only way to combat it is by fighting specific wars in specific ways.” WorldWayTryingHumansWarFightingImpossibleHappeningsOur WorldCombatContemplatingDiscernmentComprehensionColossalGirth Author:Arundhati Roy
“Everything that's happening in our world is a function of what is going on inside of people. We are violent in our minds. We are violent with one another. We walk past one another in the street and don't even look nor make eye contact - don't speak. We can be outraged about the missiles and the planes. I'm more outraged that somebody will walk past me in the street and not look me in the face and say good morning.” PeopleWorldMindLooksEyePastFacesSpeakWalksMorningStreetsHappeningsFunctionViolentContactPlanesOur WorldMissilesOutragedEye Contact Author:Iyanla Vanzant
“When you look at what is happening to our world-and it is hard to look at what's happening to our water, our air, our trees, our fellow species-it becomes clear that unless you have some roots in a spiritual practice that holds life sacred and encourages joyful communion with all your fellow beings, facing the enormous challenges ahead becomes nearly impossible.” WorldLooksHardSpiritualWaterChallengesPracticeClearImpossibleAirTreeHappeningsRootsFellowsSacredSpeciesEnormousOur WorldJoyfulCommunionSpiritual Practice Book:Greening of the Self Source: Greening of the Self
“We are capable of suffering with our world, and that is the true meaning of compassion. It enables us to recognize our profound interconnectedness with all beings. Don't ever apologize for crying for the trees burning in the Amazon or over the waters polluted from mines in the Rockies. Don't apologize for the sorrow, grief, and rage you feel. It is a measure of your humanity and your maturity. It is a measure of your open heart, and as your heart breaks open there will be room for the world to heal. That is what is happening as we see people honestly confronting the sorrows of our time.” PeopleWorldFeelsHeartSufferingHumanityWaterRoomsGriefCompassionBreakTreeCryMinesSorrowCapableHappeningsProfoundRageHonestlyHealBurningMaturityOur TimeOur WorldApologizingAmazonHeart BreakConfrontingOpen HeartInterconnectednessTrue Meaning Author:Joanna Macy
“We are so accustomed to the apparently rational nature of our world that we can scarcely imagine anything happening that cannot be explained by common sense. The primitive man confronted by a shock of this kind would not doubt his sanity; he would think of fetishes, spirits or gods” ThinkingMenWorldKindSpiritCommonDoubtImagineHappeningsCommon SenseRationalShockOur WorldSanityPrimitiveAccustomedFetishPrimitive Man Author:Carl Jung
“Nanotechnology is really interesting to me. Stuff to sort of make our world a better place, and a cleaner place, through science. And it also explains things that are happening. I've always been into it.” WorldStuffInterestingHappeningsOur WorldBetter PlaceReally InterestingCleanersNanotechnology Author:Jessica Alba
“The most disgusting, appalling horror of our world that we live in, to me, is sex trafficking and the enslavement of men and women, boys and girls, in the sex industry. That is the most horrific, horrific thing that's happening and it's happening in all of our towns here in Los Angeles, in New York, in London, in Paris, all over the world, and I think that's really what has to be addressed.” ThinkingMenWorldGirlSexBoysNew YorkIndustryHorrorHappeningsMen And WomenTownsLondonParisLos AngelesOur WorldDisgustingBoy And GirlHorrificEnslavementTraffickingOur Town Author:Taylor Hackford
“We look at problems happening halfway across the world and we think, 'Well, that's their problem.' But it's not. ... When you solve somebody else's problem, you're solving a problem for yourself because our world today is so interconnected.” ThinkingWorldWellsLooksProblemTodayHappeningsSolveOur WorldHalfwayWorld TodayInterconnected Author:Queen Rania of Jordan
“The irruption of the supernatural into our world is a much more enticing notion to explore than the same thing happening in some past time, or in a wholly imaginary world.” WorldPastHappeningsNotionThings HappenOur WorldImaginaryEnticingImaginary World Author:Elizabeth Hand
“I'm starting to reread a bunch of Gandhi and it was kind of traumatic, because he was so clearly, unbelievably amazing. And the stuff that he is suggesting is so profoundly opposite from what is happening in our world today.” WorldKindTodayStuffHappeningsOppositesStartingBunchOur WorldWorld TodaySuggesting Author:Daniel Pinchbeck
“I do believe that we are living in the last days. I know this has been said before but there are events happening in our world right now that, to me, are what we call signs of the times.” KnowsWorldBelieveHas BeensSaidLastsEventsRight NowHappeningsOur WorldLast Day Author:Greg Laurie
“There's so much noise that's happening in our world, but the little voice that you've always got to listen to is your gut and your intuition, and you can do things and go beyond boundaries, if you to trust that gut and instinct.” IfsWorldLittlesVoiceCan DoHappeningsInstinctIntuitionBoundariesNoiseGutsOur World Author:Dwayne Johnson
“Those of us who believe in human rights and the truth - particularly the journalists and the media - should stand in defense of Julian Assange and Bradley Manning. We owe them a lot for telling us the truth of what is happening in our world, and that is why I would continue to support them.” WorldShouldBelieveHumansSupportRightsMediaHappeningsHuman RightsDefenseJournalistOur WorldAssangeBradley Manning Author:Mairead Corrigan
“Our world is so glutted with useless information, images, useless images, sounds, all this sort of thing. It's a cacophony, it's like a madness I think that's been happening in the past twenty-five years. And I think anything that can help a person sit in a room alone and not worry about it is good.” ThinkingWorldYearsPersonsHelpingPastSoundRoomsWorryFiveInformationHappeningsMadnessTwentiesUselessFive YearsOur WorldTwenty FiveCacophonyUseless Information Author:Martin Scorsese