Quotes That Make You Go Hmm...

"To be alive is the biggest fear humans have. Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear..."

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:21:51 -0400

“To be alive is the biggest fear humans have. Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive — the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Just being ourself is the biggest fear of humans. We have learned to live by other people’s points of view because of the fear of not being accepted and of not being good enough for someone else.”

- The Four Agreements, p17

"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail."

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:53:25 -0400

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"There is no “they” — businesses are guided by all of “us."

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:56:32 -0400

“There is no “they” — businesses are guided by all of “us.””

- Organic Manifesto by Maria Rodale, p 119

"The EPA acknowledges that triclosan is linked to antibiotic resistance, and that it is showing up in..."

Sat, 28 May 2011 16:13:10 -0400

“The EPA acknowledges that triclosan is linked to antibiotic resistance, and that it is showing up in fish and drinking water.”

- Organic Manifesto by Maria Rodale, p22

"Our life expectancy is the shortest and our infant mortality rate is the highest of any developed..."

Sat, 28 May 2011 16:05:24 -0400

“Our life expectancy is the shortest and our infant mortality rate is the highest of any developed nation.”

- Organic Manifesto by Maria Rodale, p18

"What other people think of you is none of your business, that’s their burden, not yours."

Tue, 24 May 2011 22:40:16 -0400

“What other people think of you is none of your business, that’s their burden, not yours.”

- Faylee James on The Self Improvement Blog

"If you define yourself by your possessions and financial status, you’ll never find peace of mind,..."

Sat, 14 May 2011 15:36:37 -0400

“If you define yourself by your possessions and financial status, you’ll never find peace of mind, lasting contentment, and deep-rooted happiness.”

- Lighten Up by Peter Walsh, p7

"We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t..."

Sat, 14 May 2011 15:13:57 -0400

“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”

- Frederick Koenig

"Despite labor regulations, the number of hours we toil today is more than the medieval peasants..."

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:35:43 -0500

“Despite labor regulations, the number of hours we toil today is more than the medieval peasants endured during the feudal period.”

- Radical Homemakers, p88

"Since corporations claim no legal accountability other than to make money for their shareholders, we..."

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:17:43 -0500

“Since corporations claim no legal accountability other than to make money for their shareholders, we are living in, and largely governed by, an extractive economy that is divorced from our life systems.”

- Radical Homemakers, p51

"We must realize that we can be empowered and find opportunity when we live opposite to the..."

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:11:44 -0500

“We must realize that we can be empowered and find opportunity when we live opposite to the corporate-centered world.”

- Radical Homemakers, p50

"A person who thinks constantly of loss, lack, failure, and bankruptcy cannot expect to succeed and..."

Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:18:11 -0400

“A person who thinks constantly of loss, lack, failure, and bankruptcy cannot expect to succeed and prosper.”

- Think Yourself Rich, p35

"What we wish and think for others, we tend to manifest in our own experience, because each of us is..."

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:19:16 -0400

“What we wish and think for others, we tend to manifest in our own experience, because each of us is the only thinker in our universe.”

- Think Yourself Rich, p9

"Your thoughts and feelings control your destiny."

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:07:57 -0400

“Your thoughts and feelings control your destiny.”

- Think Yourself Rich, p5

"People search for the greatest secret in the world everywhere but within themselves."

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:02:07 -0400

“People search for the greatest secret in the world everywhere but within themselves.”

- Think Yourself Rich, p2

"We don’t need to worry about people unconsciously “absorbing” archaic secret..."

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:22:26 -0400

“We don’t need to worry about people unconsciously “absorbing” archaic secret message when they’re six-years old; we need to worry about all the entertaining message people are consciously accepting when they are twenty-six. They’re the ones that get us, because they’re the ones we try to to turn into life.”

- Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, p9

"Real people are actively trying to live like fake people, so real people are no less fake."

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:10:21 -0400

“Real people are actively trying to live like fake people, so real people are no less fake.”

- Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, p3

"The future of medicine is no medicine. If monkeys one day lost the instincts telling them to eat..."

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:56:21 -0400

“The future of medicine is no medicine. If monkeys one day lost the instincts telling them to eat bananas, would there suddenly be monkey nutritionists?”

- Clean, p 231

"We train the factory workers of tomorrow. Our graduates are very good at following instructions. And..."

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:59:10 -0400

“We train the factory workers of tomorrow. Our graduates are very good at following instructions. And we teach the power of consumption as an aid for social approval.”

- Linchpin by Seth Godin

"Forgiveness is the final form of love."

Thu, 27 May 2010 11:06:41 -0400

“Forgiveness is the final form of love.”

- Reinhold Niebuhr