“The more deeply I search for the roots of the global environmental crisis, the more I am convinced that it is an outer manifestation of an inner crisis that is, for lack of a better word, spiritual... what other word describes the collection of values and assumptions that determine our basic understanding of how we fit into the universe?” SpiritualValuesUniverseUnderstandingFitRootsCrisisEnvironmentalDetermineConvincedManifestationAssumptionCollectionsEnvironmental Crisis Book:Earth in the Balance: Forging a New Common Purpose Source: Earth in the Balance: Forging a New Common Purpose
“I am convinced with Plato , with St. Paul, with St. Augustine, with Calvin , and with Leibnitz, that this universe, and every smallest portion of it, exactly fulfils the purpose for which Almighty God designed it.” PurposeUniverseConvincedPortionsSmallestAlmightyPlatoAlmighty GodAugustine Book:The Nemesis of Faith Source: The Nemesis of Faith
“There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love...Everyone has love, but it can only come out when he is convinced of the impossibility and frustration of trying to love himself. This conviction will not come through condemnations, through hating oneself, through calling self-love bad names in the universe. It comes only in the awareness that one has no self to love.” LoveTryingSelfHateUniverseNamesAwarenessSelf LoveCallingOneselfConvictionConvincedFrustrationWarmthFormulasImpossibilityCondemnationLove Everyone Author:Shunryu Suzuki
“I do not know why God does some things, but I am convinced that nothing is accidental in his universe.” KnowsDoeUniverseConvinced Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“We in astrophysics we think of the universe all the time. So to us, Earth is just another planet. From a distance, it's a speck. And I'm convinced that if everyone had a cosmic perspective you wouldn't have legions of armies waging war on other people because someone would say, "Stop, look at the universe."” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksWarEarthUniversePlanetsPerspectiveArmyDistanceConvincedCosmicLegionSpecksAstrophysicsWaging War Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“My mother was the favorite child of her parents. My father was the favorite child of his parents. The result of these two favorite children was me. And I am an only child. So I was convinced that I was the center of the universe.” ChildrenTwoMotherUniverseFatherParentResultsConvincedOnly ChildCenter Of The UniverseFavorite Child Author:Marjane Satrapi