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“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”.jpg
We repair what is broken with enduring love and trust. (1).jpg
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” —Nelson Mandela.jpg
A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his.jpg
Many of us treat others the way our caregivers treated us..jpg
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. — Dalai Lama XIV.jpg
Don't Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreeme.jpg
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“You are where you are today because you stand on somebody’s shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If you stand on the shoulders of others, you have a reciprocal responsibil (1).jpg
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We need to be weapons of mass construction, weapons of mass love. It's not enough just to change the system. We need to change ourselves..jpg
Give light and people will find the way.jpg
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'They buried us, but they didn't know we were seeds.'.jpg
vengeance vs compassion, collaboration, and hope.jpg
Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that..jpg
Love is the thing we are built for and the thing we all are searching for..jpg
History only repeats itself because we keep not learning the lesson.jpg
We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love, and then we return home. – Australian Aboriginal.jpg
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When we spend our lives worried about keeping our own food, housing, and peace we will never truly be at peace.jpg
“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.” ― Martin Luther King Jr..jpg
all behavior makes sense in context.jpg
What would your community look like if everyone had a safe, permanent, uplifting home, lots of healthy, tasty, nourishing food Plenty of sunshine, nature, fresh air and fresh water Safe, free, creative, welcoming c.jpg
Every interaction big or small with another person can change their life for better or worse forever. Choose kindness..jpg
“From the depth of need an despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.”.jpg
Nature shows us how to live, love and grow alongside each other (1).jpg
I am convinced that unconditional love is the most powerful known stimulant of the immune system. If I told patients to raise their blood levels of immune globulins or killer T cells, no one would know how. But (1).jpg
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you. — Neil deGrasse Tyson.jpg
“You can’t give what you don’t get. If no one ever spoke to you, you can’t speak; if you have never been loved, you can’t be loving.” (1).jpg
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Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done..jpg
Troubled children are in some kind of pain and pain makes people irritable, anxious, and aggressive. Only patient, loving, consistent care work
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People learn through patterns we have to be exposed to something many times before we it takes time for us to learn anything because it.jpg
Most of the world's problems result from trying to control each other and the world around us.jpg
“We are all implicated when we allow other people to be mistreated. An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a community, a state, a nation.”.jpg
when you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, say something, do something..jpg
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive..jpg
the best way to make sure no one steals or fights over anything is to ensure there's enough of it to go around. for the majority of human history, food, shelter, fresh air, and fresh water were free to everyone.jpg
How is it possible that the most intellectual creature to ever walk the planet Earth is destroying its only home – Jane Goodall (1).jpg
Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and slaughters a visible Nature without realizing that this Nature he slaughters is this invisible God he worships..jpg
Wherever forests have not been mowed down, wherever the animal is recessed in their quiet protection, wherever the earth is not bereft of four-footed life - that to the white man is an 'unbroken wilderness.' But fo.jpg
we are all gentle creatures at our core how much safety and love we have determines how gentle we can continue to be and still survive.jpg
Research has shown that the more connected we are socially, the longer we will live and the faster we will recover when we get ill. In truth, isolation and loneliness puts us at a greater risk for early disease and.jpg
Punishment and Violence Never Make Anything Better, in the end.jpg
“The existing criminal justice model poses two main questions in the face of social harm Who did it How can we punish them (And increasingly, how can we make money from it). Creating safe and healthy communitie (1).jpg
If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin. — Charles Darwin.jpg
The core cause of all violence and suffering is our desire to avoid and control behaviors that make us uncomfortable instead of making sure everyone has everything that they need to maintain their emotional, physic.jpg
True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire. Cesar Chavez (1).jpg
Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others..jpg
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, .jpg
if we are surrounded by cruelty and coldness, it is easy to be cruel and cold (1).jpg
To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphas.jpg
“The country is in deep trouble. We've forgotten that a rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it. We need the courage to question the powers th.jpg
We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption, that wha.jpg
“When we identify where our privilege intersects with somebody else's oppression, we'll find our opportunities to make real change.”.jpg
Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves. — Horace Mann.jpg
Toni Morrison said, The function of freedom is to free someone else,.jpg
Never be content to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon. Your rights could be next. — DaShanne Stokes.jpg
Rage — whether in reaction to social injustice, or to our leaders’ insanity, or to those who threaten or harm us — is a powerful energy that, with diligent practice, can be transformed into fierce compassion..jpg
Why should there be hunger and privation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man has the resources and the scientific know-how to provide all mankind with the necessities of life (1).jpg
NIMBYism Attempting to protect your own comfort by denying to other people (1).jpg
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I have just three things to teach simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. — Lao Tzu (1).jpg
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“As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to .jpg
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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. — Leo F. Buscaglia.jpg
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“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” ― Audre Lorde.jpg
“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impo.jpg
The people united will never be defeated..jpg
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor p.jpg
The prioritization of profit over our own and each other's wellbeing increases violence towards ourselves and others as well as countless mental, physical, and social health difficulties. Stress is literally to (1).jpg
Criminalized behaviors are the result of unmet needs and unjust systems.jpg
“The power of the oppressed is the only power that can liberate both oppressed and oppressor.”_ – Paulo Freire.jpg
sometimes something so bad happens that we would do anything to avoid it happening again protect others.jpg
We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer.jpg
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“There is always light. Only if we are brave enough to see it. There is always light. Only if we are brave enough to be it.”.jpg
Do you know what people really want Everyone, I mean. Everybody in the world is thinking I wish there was just one other person I could really talk to, who could really understand me, who'd be kind to me. That's wh.jpg
There are a lot of things in life we can’t control. It’s hard, especially when you’re a child, to feel like you have control over anything. Like you can change anything. But you can control your body and you can co.jpg
people with the most leisure time and power also often care the least about helping others and have the least understanding of what is broken and how to fix it.jpg
We are the ones we have been waiting for.jpg
how we value someone's worth by the money they have accumulated or by the things they have done and the way they have treated others to improve the world in meaningful way (1).jpg
“Inequality is not an economic necessity it is a design failure.” Kate Raworth (1).jpg
The practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination.jpg
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth..jpg
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We are all so small in the big scheme of things.jpg
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant..jpg
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“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”.jpg
Being kind and compassionate is so much easier and more enjoyable than being selfish or avoidant (1).jpg
there is so much more beauty in the world than ugliness.jpg
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It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it..jpg
While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary. — Chinua Achebe.jpg
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The people who cause the most harm to themselves and others often have experienced very little genuine connection, compassion, understanding, etc. Let's change that. (1).jpg
Trust is the foundation of wellbeing, safety, and joy. Creating and maintaining trust is one of the greatest gifts we can give.jpg
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Accomplishment & Accountability.jpg
When everyone has the resources and support they need to thrive.jpg
Nearly all harmful behaviors and physical and emotional difficulties result from Desperation for Resources andor Unhealed Trauma..jpg
Decisions guided by facts of people who have experienced a problem vs. assumptions from those who haven't (1).jpg
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You need to understand that what you think you want isn’t always what’s best for you and others. You need to open your heart to learn what you want.jpg
The first step towards healing the world.jpg
Dopamine The pathway to pleasure Serotonin The natural mood booster Endorphins The brain’s natural pain reliever Oxytocin The love hormone.jpg
If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be rede (1).jpg
you'll never be able to do or have everything you want (1).jpg
ordinarily, during nursing or bottle feeding, mothers and fathers...and babies spend hours looking into each others eyes. It is through this contact that they synchronize with each other.jpg
“Dominator culture has tried to keep us all afraid, to make us choose safety instead of risk, sameness instead of diversity. Moving through that fear, finding out what connects us, revelling in our differences; thi.jpg
Kinship with all creatures of the earth, sky, and water was a real and active principle. In the animal and bird world there existed a brotherly feeling that kept us safe among them... The animals had rights - t (1).jpg
under perceived threat, we are dumber but faster.jpg
Our anger and sadness are the why.jpg
Control is born from pain and fear and becomes the only way some people know to feel safe.jpg
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. T.jpg
Everyone needs a home and a bed to thrive.jpg
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People usually can't believe in themselves until someone believes in them.jpg
Relationships are the agents of change (1).jpg
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”.jpg
Why assume when you can (3).jpg
One of the worst and most upsetting feelings is having something done to you without your control that meaningfully impacts your body, access to basic needs, or feelings of safety.jpg
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Love is such a powerful force. It's there for everyone to embrace-that kind of unconditional love for all of humankind. That is the kind of love that impels people to go into the community and try to change conditi.jpg
reopen solutions focused poster and do the Shona and Ndebele people, formed a resistance ... Like they say the axe forgets what the tree remembers.jpg
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We spent the same time and energy fighting for a healthier, happier, more hopeful future for everyone.jpg
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“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” — Angela Davis.jpg
Instead of saying solutions aren't possible.jpg
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Wisdom makes things possible. Gratitude makes things bearable. Hope makes things manageable. Joy makes things pleasurable. Love makes things wonderful..jpg
“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”.jpg
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend..jpg
Imagine the peace and quality of life we all could have if we were unified rather than divided across the Earth, sustainably nourishing and equitably distributing its resources to ensure that all living things have.jpg
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Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted. 5Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. 6Blessed are they which do h (1).jpg
Kindness and compassion towards all living things is a mark of a civilized society. Conversely, cruelty, whether it is directed against human beings or against animals, is not the exclusive province of any one cult.jpg
Did you know that our bodies are basically programmed to fear anything that feels unfamiliar.jpg
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you know all those beautiful stories where something is scared andor aggressive at first, but with enough safety and kindness they begin to relax, heal, and love life.jpg
It is necessary to remember, as we think critically about domination, that we all have the capacity to act in ways that oppress, dominate, wound (whether or not that power is institutionalized). It is necessary to .jpg
When people are tempted to engage in any behaviors that might harm them, including substance use, gambling, etc., (1).jpg
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We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers. Our abundance has brought us neither peace of mind nor serenity of spirit.jpg
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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. (1).jpg
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Every problem has a real solution.jpg
The Earth produces everything.jpg
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Even in the rain Even in the snow Even when darkness feels like it will last forever The sun always rises.jpg
no one is self made (rich dude with all the people responsible behind him).jpg
No decision should be made without input from the people impacted (1).jpg
What feels most annoying or awful in your day to day (1).jpg
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of thi.jpg
We can no longer afford to worship the God of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation. The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever-rising tides of hate. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nation.jpg
Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people — the beauty within themselves..jpg
holisitc Understanding thriving ecosystem sustainability clean water and nutritious food.jpg
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when cornered, fight or flight window of tolerance diagram when feeling safe and cared for, warm friendly teddy bear.jpg
I have just three things to teach simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. — Lao Tzu.jpg
Execute true justice Deal loyally and compassionately with one another Do not defraud the widow, the orphan, the stranger, and the poor And do not plot evil against each other..jpg
Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace. — Albert Schweitzer.jpg
More love, support, accountability, and resources.jpg
solutions-focused politicians experience with what they're legislating or not entitled to the job no resiults, get out.jpg
The most effective way to protect and heal people is to nourish their families and communities, consistently providing EVERYONE with the resources they need to thrive.jpg
People aren't inherently better or worse than each other.jpg
The world as we know it has largely been designed by people who have been emotionally abused or neglected in their childhoods unhealed, traumatized have had the privilege, wealth, and power to.jpg
The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer. — Mahatma Gandhi.jpg
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more na.jpg
Do what you're good at and love that doesn't meaningfully harm others. if everyone did, the world would be a much better place music, art, dance, medicine, cooking, cleaning, building, growing food,.jpg
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can be our most powerful weapon or asset.jpg
Genuine love = feeling mutually safe, seen, and celebrated.jpg
Connection is what makes everything worthwhile.jpg
People develop empathy from receiving empathy or witnessing empathy.jpg
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Don't let the light go out It's lasted for so many years Don't let the light go out Let it shine through our hope and our tears.jpg
Dopamine desire and wanting Endorphins pleasure, brain's own private heroin Oxytocin is necessary for mammals to make the connection between a particular individual and pleasure.jpg
When our voices rise louder, truer, and more unified than theirs, we will begin to know justice, joy, hope, and peace.jpg
I have the personal faith that mankind will somehow rise up to the occasion and give new directions to an age drifting rapidly to its doom. In spite of the tensions and uncertainties of this period, something profo.jpg
we already have all the resources we need to fix everything that is fixable. All it takes is a little more hope, effort, collaboration, empathy, efficiency, and joy.jpg
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One love, one heart, one destiny. — Bob Marley (1).jpg
Make restorative & transformative activities.jpg
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“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.”.jpg
I believe that we are here to contribute love to the planet - each of us in our own way.jpg
“Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.”.jpg
any behavior, no matter how destructive, can become normal if enough people do it let's normalize the behaviors we want to see by modeling them for others entitlement vs gratitude need vs want.jpg
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”.jpg
Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope... daring those ripples build a current that can sweep down the m.jpg
money tied to basic needs pleasure chemicals also from screens conditions us to be addicted to what's bad for us what is paired with pleasure is what will be repeated if we reward selfishness, lying, and other hamr.jpg
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Do random acts of kindness every day.jpg
The Earth faces environmental problems right now that threaten the imminent destruction of civilization and the end of the planet as a livable world. Humanity cannot afford to waste its financial and emotional (1).jpg
‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who.jpg
Deep down, most humans and other animals crave.jpg
“I learned that racism, like most systems of oppression, isn’t about bad people doing terrible things to people who are different from them but instead is a way of maintaining power for certain groups at the expens.jpg
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life, as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.jpg
Like us, animals feel love, joy, fear and pain, but they cannot grasp the spoken word. It is our obligation to speak on their behalf ensuring their well-being and lives are respected and protected..jpg
I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white. We all want to help one.jpg
As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murd.jpg
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It's the same with the wound in our hearts. We need to give them our attention so that they can heal. Otherwise the wounds continue to cause us pain. Sometimes for a very long time. We're all going to get hurt. But.jpg
I worship at the altar of love and compassion of justice and forgiving of acceptance, collaboration, understanding, humility. and healing Of sharing, nourishing, flourishing holistically together..jpg
I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful. — John Lewis.jpg
Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in..jpg
I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits. Nobel Peace Prize acc.jpg
You're not under attack when others gain rights and privileges you've always had. — DaShanne Stokes.jpg
If the idea of loving those whom you have been taught to recognize as your enemies is too overwhelming, consider more deeply the observation that we are all much more alike than we are unalike. — Aberjhani.jpg
Everything is connected. Every choice matters. Every person is vital, and valuable, and worthy of respect. — Deborah Wiles.jpg
If we believe in the change we seek, then it is easy to commit to doing all we can, because the responsibility is ours alone to build a better society and a more peaceful world. — John Lewis.jpg
Violence never really deals with the basic evil of the situation. Violence may murder the murderer, but it doesn’t murder murder. Violence may murder the liar, but it doesn’t murder li
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.jpg
-Laura Ingalls Wilder.jpg
animals and people end up on in each others' backyards when we deny them to have their own backyards (1).jpg
The driving force of modern industrial civilization has been individual material gain, which is accepted as legitimate, even praiseworthy, on the grounds that private vices yield public benefits in the classic form.jpg
In this state of total consumerism - which is to say a state of helpless dependence on things and services and ideas and motives that we have forgotten how to provide ourselves - all meaningful contact between ours.jpg
Every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart. If we could just remember this, I think there would be a lot more compassion and tolerance in the world. — Frank Warren.jpg
If you’re not angry, you’re either a stone, or you’re too sick to be angry. You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn’t do anything to the object of its.jpg
Vengeanceevil power over it choose compassionlove.jpg
“How many years has it taken people to realize that we are all brothers and sisters and human beings in the human race”.jpg
we can't pour from an empty cup and we can only pour from whatever's in our cup.jpg
Without the physical experience of love, the body senses little chance for survival and shuts down..jpg
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it..jpg
If you really want to remedy the earth, we have to mend mankind. And to unite mankind, we heal the Earth. That is the only way. Mother Earth will exist with or without us. Yet if she is sick, it is because mankind .jpg
“THE BEST WAY TO FIND YOURSELF IS TO LOSE YOURSELF IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS.” Mahatma Gandhi.jpg