To become human, one must make room in oneself for the wonders of the universe.
-South American Indian Saying
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Para convertirse en humano, uno tiene que hacer lugar en si mismo para las maravillas del universo.
-Dicho Indio de Sudamerica
It’s what’s awakened inside you that gets interesting, much more interesting than impressing the world, or even yourself.
-Dynamo Jack
Java Native, Indonesia
For what it’s worth: It’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And i hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.
-Benjamin Button, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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Si te sirve de algo, nunca es demasiado tarde o, en mi caso, demasiado temprano para ser quien quieres ser. No hay limite de tiempo, empieza cuando quieras. Puedes cambiar o no hacerlo. No hay normas al respecto. De todo podemos sacar una lectura positiva o negativa. Espero que tu saques la positiva. Espero que veas cosas que te sorprendan. Espero que sientas cosas que nunca hayas sentido. Espero que conozcas a personas con otro punto de vista. Espero que vivas una vida de la que te sientas orgullosa. Y si ves que no es así, espero que tengas la fuerza para empezar de nuevo.
-Benjamin Button, El Curioso Caso de Benjamin Button
I can’t understand it. My sister in the capital, she now has all these things that do the work faster. She just buys her clothes in a shop, she has a jeep, a telephone, a gas cooker. All of these things save so much time, and yet when I go to visit her, she doesn’t have time to talk to me.
-Ladakhi Villager
N.E. Kashmir, Indian-Tibetan border
“I am neither a white nor a black nor a red nor a yellow. I am neither a Christian nor a Jew nor a Mohammedan nor a Mormon. I embrace a woman because I Love and desire her, not because I have a marriage certificate or because I’m sex-starved. I don’t beat children. I don’t fish or hunt, even though I’m a good shot and enjoy shooting at targets. I don’t play bridge and I don’t give parties to air my ideas. If my ideas are sound, they’ll air themselves… I observe to the letter all laws that make sense but combat those that are obsolete or absurd. I want children and young people to enjoy physical love without hindrance. I do not believe that to be religious in the best authentic sense, a man has to destroy his love life and mummify himself, body and soul. I know that what you call “GOD” really exists, but not in the form you think; GOD Is primal cosmic energy, the love in your body, your integrity, and your perception of the nature in you and outside of you.“
-Wilhelm Reich
(excerpt taken from his book Listen, Little man!)
Write the wrongs that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble. Let go of all emotions such as resentment and retaliation, which diminish you, and hold onto the emotions, such as gratitude and joy, which increase you.
-Arabic Saying
I have not let myself fall into despair, even when the news has not been what I hoped for. I just put one foot in front of the other and keep moving and am grateful for each day.
-Wilma Mankiller
Cherokee Nation Chief, 1985-1995
Tell me, what is that you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
-Mary Oliver, Poet
You Cannot live a political life, you cannot live a moral life if you’re not willing to open your eyes and see the world more clearly. See some of the injustice that’s going on. Try to make yourself aware of what’s happening in the world. And when you are aware, you have a responsibility to act.
-Bill Ayers, cofounder of the Weather Underground
We Will have to build that resistance from whatever comes to hand: whispers and prayers, history and dreams, from our bravest words and braver actions. It will be hard, there will be a cost, and in too many implacable dawns it will seem impossible. But we will have to do it anyway. So gather your heart and join with every living being. With love as our First Cause, how can we fail?
-Derrick Jensen, Deep Green Resistance
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