Do not look away. Do not avert your gaze. Do not turn aside.
Joanna Macy
Blog topic: Work that Reconnects
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?
Rumi
The times are urgent. Slow down.
Bayo Akomolafe
Il est trop tard pour être pessimiste
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
You know in the West we have built a large, beautiful ship. It has all the comforts in it. But one thing is missing: It has no compass and does not know where to go.
Albert Einstein
The Uninhabitable Earth
The Uninhabitable Earth “That the sea will become a killer is a given. Barring a radical reduction of emissions, we will see at least four feet of sea-level rise and possibly ten by the end of the century. A third of the world’s major cities are on the coast, not to mention its power plants, […]
Aunt Julia
Aunt Julia spoke Gaelic very loud and very fast. I could not answer her — I could not understand her. She wore men’s boots when she wore any. — I can see her strong foot, stained with peat, paddling with the treadle of the spinningwheel while her right hand drew yarn marvellously out of the […]
The deeper the sorrow the greater the joy
William Blake
The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.
C. S. Lewis