Inspirational Quotes

"I pledge allegiance to the soil
Of Turtle Island,
And to the beings who thereon dwell
One ecosystem In diversity
Under the sun
With joyful interpenetration for all."

- Gary Snyder

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"The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization." - Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

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"Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed, if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not so costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival.

There may be a worse case.

You may have to fight when there is no chance of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Winston Churchill

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"Even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath, so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast." - Ecclesiastics 3:19

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"Not to hurt our humble brethren(the animals) is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission to be of service to them whenever they require it." - St. Francis of Assisi

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"Remember 'the Earth is not dying, it is being murdered and the people murdering it have names and addresses'" - British EarthFirst!

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"All life is created in love, and thus in the depths of every human being lies a good heart. Some have lost their path from this love, so it up to us to show them the way." - Julia Butterfly Hill

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"The rule of no realm is mine, but all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, those are my care. And for my part, I shall not wholly fail in my task if anything passes through this night that can still grow fair or bear fruit and flower again in days to come. For I too am a steward. Did you not know?" - Gandalf/The Return of the King/J.R.R. Tolkien

"Other evils there are that may come; for Sauron is himself but a servant or emissary. Yet it is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succor of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule." - Gandalf/The Return of the King/J.R.R. Tolkien

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"Governments need people who are poor and powerless and stupid. If they are WEALTHY, then they cannot be bought cheaply, and one way that governments maintain support is to buy the people cheaply. If the people are POWERFUL, then they cannot be threatened, and threats are the means whereby governments coerce obedience. If they are SMART and WELL-INFORMED, then they will not believe the lies that governments feed them. People do not need governments at all." - Unknown

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"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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"The only safe way to destroy an enemy, is to make him your friend." - Abraham Lincoln

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"Seven blunders from which arise the violence that plagues the world:

Wealth without work

Pleasure without conscience

Knowledge without character

Commerce without morality

Science without humanity

Worship without sacrifice

Politics without principles"

- Mahatma Gandhi

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"The common people don't want war, but they can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders: All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism." - Hermann Goerring