“The Body thinks it has an agenda that is important. And the Mind imagines that its agenda is vital to your survival. But the older you get the more you realize that it is the Soul's agenda, and only the Soul's agenda, that matters.” ThinkingMindImportantSoulMatterBodyPurposeRealizingImagineSurvivalAgendasPurpose Of LifeImagine That Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“think we're still stuck in that agricultural mindset, where we imagine that we can shape the Earth. Sure, we can do that. But the Earth has the power to shape us much more powerfully. To survive climate change, we'll have to realize how dependent we are on our ecosystems for our own survival.” ThinkingStillsEarthCan DoRealizingImagineShapesSurvivalClimateClimate ChangeMindsetStuckDependentImagine ThatEcosystems Author:Annalee Newitz
“Generally speaking, there's a difference. Moose nose is just pure cartilage. It's not just the end of a chicken leg, it really is - imagine the cartilage of game meat.If I ever took the spare tire off of my car and was on a survival show, and Bear Grylls was like, "What you need to do in a survival situation is eat your tire," I'd be like, "That's moose nose!"” IfsNeedsEndsShowsGamesDifferencesSituationImagineCarBearsPureSurvivalLegsNosesMeatChickensSparesTireMoose Author:Adam Richman
“I imagine a future where many of us will call ourselves dancers and collaborate to make an art which concerns itself with primary areas of life... for me, peace is a communal work process, a collective vision. The dance itself tries to exemplify a few of these methods in a truly grounded and practical way so that the people can say: yes, there are prospects of survival.” PeopleWayTryingArtProcessVisionImagineSurvivalAreasConcernMethodDancePracticalsPrimariesDancerCollectivesGroundedProspects Author:Anna Halprin
“People are aware that they cannot continue in the same old way but are immobilized because they cannot imagine an alternative. We need a vision that recognizes that we are at one of the great turning points in human history when the survival of our planet and the restoration of our humanity require a great sea change in our ecological, economic, political, and spiritual values.” PeopleWayNeedsHumansSpiritualPoliticalValuesHumanityVisionImagineSeaEconomicPlanetsSurvivalAlternativesHuman HistoryOur PlanetRestorationEcologicalTurning PointsOld WaysSpiritual ValuesSea Change Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“Man's rise or fall, success or failure, happiness or unhappiness depends on his attitude ... a man's attitude will create the situation he imagines.” MenSuccessFallAttitudeSituationImagineDependsSurvivalUnhappinessSuccess Or Failure Author:James Lane Allen
“If some people can imagine that a person they love is alive in another world, why can't I imagine Maurice is alive in this one An artist is a person who uses art to run away from reality. It's not wrong-it's survival. There's nothing wrong with me creating a world in which Maurice is alive.” PeopleIfsWorldPersonsArtUseRealityRunningArtistLove IsAliveImagineCreatingSurvivalRunning AwayImagine ThatAnother World Author:Robin Gibb
“Loss of genetic diversity in agriculture is leading us to a rendezvous with extinction--to the doorstep of hunger on a scale we refuse to imagine. To simplify the environment as we have done with agriculture is to destroy the complex interrelationships that hold the natural world together. Reducing the diversity of life, we narrow our options for the future and render our own survival more precarious.” WorldDoneTogetherNaturalLossEnvironmentImagineDiversitySurvivalComplexesHungerRefuseScalesAgricultureExtinctionNatural WorldReducingSimplifyPrecariousDoorstepRendezvousDiversity Of Life Book:Shattering: Food, Politics, and the Loss of Genetic Diversity Source: Shattering: Food, Politics, and the Loss of Genetic Diversity
“Imagine for a minute yourself in the same shoes, the same sense of survival and the same nothing to lose.” RealityLosesImagineMinutesSurvivalShoesNothing To Lose Author:Lil' Kim