“Money, of course, is still needed to survive, but time is what you need to live. So, save what little money you possess to meet basic survival requirements, but spend your time lavishly in order to create the life values that make the fire worth the candle. Dig?” NeedsLittlesStillsValuesOrderCoursesFireNeededSurvivalCandleRequirementsLittle Money Book:Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel Source: Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
“We, the older generations, simply cannot leave a world for you, the younger generations, in which climate change impacts become ever more threatening to your survival. Still more public attention and action are needed. Solutions like renewable energy or energy efficiency need to fully power our collective future!” WorldNeedsStillsActionEnergyAttentionGenerationsNeededSurvivalSolutionsImpactClimateClimate ChangeCollectivesEfficiencyThreateningRenewable EnergyYounger GenerationOlder GenerationEnergy Efficiency Author:Christiana Figueres
“Survival of the fittest can take us only so far; competition and aggression have brought us to the brink of self-destruction. What is needed now is survival of the wisest. You can participate in this shift by expanding your own awareness.” SelfAwarenessNeededSurvivalDestructionCompetitionAggressionExpandingWisestSelf DestructionSurvival Of The Fittest Author:Deepak Chopra
“The women all had big minds because they were big animals, but they didn't use them for this reason: unusual ideas could make enemies and the women, if they were going to achieve any sort of comfort and safety, needed all the friends they could get. So, in the interest of survival they trained themselves to be agreeing machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking and then they thought it too.” PeopleIfsThinkingMindIdeasReasonUseBigsInterestAnimalEnemyAchieveNeededComfortSurvivalMachinesSafetyUnusual Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“For what are the whales being killed? For a few hundred jobs and products that are not needed, since there are cheap substitutes. If this continues, it will be the end of living and the beginning of survival. The world is being totaled.” IfsWorldEndsJobsScienceProductsNeededSurvivalHundredSubstitutesWhales Author:George Schaller
“I know the stars are my home. I learned about them, needed them for survival in terms of navigation. I know where I am when I look up at the sky. I know where I am when I look up at the Moon; it's not just some abstract romantic idea, it's something very real to me. See, I've expanded my home.” KnowsLooksIdeasRealHomeStarsTermSpaceSkyNeededMoonSurvivalAbstractLook UpStar GazingNavigation Author:Gene Cernan
“I believe in white supremacy, until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don't believe giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people ... I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from [the Native Americans] ... Our so-called stealing of this country from them was just a matter of survival. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.” PeopleGivingFeelsTryingBelieveCountryMatterI BelieveWhiteNumbersResponsibilityLandPositionNeededAuthorityJudgmentSurvivalRacismDon't BelieveI Believe InStealingEducatedNativeNative AmericanWhite SupremacyIrresponsibleSupremacyGreat Country Author:John Wayne
“One of the weaknesses of Indian industry is that in many areas.. like consumer goods.. it is very fragmented. Individually, the companies might not be able to survive. What is needed is a consortium of like companies in one industry, presenting a strong front to the multinationals. The Swiss watch industry did this.” MightAbleStrongCompanyWatchesStrengthFrontsIndustryNeededSurvivalWeaknessAreasConsumersIndianGoodsPresentingSwissFragmentedMultinationals Author:Ratan Tata
“At this point in our global ecological crisis, the survival of humanity will require a fundamental shift in our attitude toward nature: from finding out how we can dominate and manipulate nature to how we can learn from her. In this brilliant and hopeful book, Jay Harman shows us how far the new field of Biomimicry has already progressed toward this goal. The Shark's Paintbrush makes for fascinating and joyful reading - much needed in these dark times.” BookShowsHumanityReadingGoalDarkAttitudeFieldsNeededFindingsSurvivalCrisisFundamentalsBrilliantHopefulFascinatingJoyfulManipulateSharksEcologicalDark TimesPaintbrushEcological CrisisBiomimicry Author:Fritjof Capra
“A proclivity for science is embedded deeply within us, in all times, places, and cultures. It has been the means for our survival. It is our birthright. When, through indifference, inattention, incompetence, or fear of skepticism, we discourage children from science, we are disenfranchisin g them, taking from them the tools needed to manage their future.” MeanChildrenHas BeensCultureNeededSurvivalToolsManageAll TimeIndifferenceSkepticismDiscouragingIncompetenceEmbeddedBirthrightInattention Author:Carl Sagan
“Democracy tends to ignore, even deny, threats to its existence because it loathes doing what is needed to counter them," explained Revel. "It awakens only when the danger becomes deadly, imminent, and evident. By then, either there is too little time left for it to save itself, or the price of survival has become crushingly high.” LittlesLeftExistenceDemocracyDangerNeededSurvivalThreatDenyConspiracyEvidentLittle TimeLoatheConspiracy TheoryTime LeftLittle Time Left Author:Jean Francois Revel