“You can trust everyone to be human, with all the quirks and inconsistencies we humans display, including disloyalty, dishonesty and downright treachery. We are all capable of the entire range of human behavior, given the circumstances, from absolute saintliness to abject depravity. Trusting someone to limit their sphere of action to one narrow band on... Continue Reading →
cultural inferiority…
"Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong. All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them... Continue Reading →
The beauty of the evening forest…
The beauty of the evening forest, especially under a full moon, throws into sharp contrast the boundary between the sky and the mountain ridges, as if viewing a wood-block print. It is a world of white and black. It is also a world savored only by those who experience it. Captured in photos or video,... Continue Reading →
i suffer also…
“Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.” - William Somerset Maugham * "We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children." - Jimmy Carter * "We need to awaken to a common consciousness of being all inhabitants of Earth. This consciousness... Continue Reading →
never alone…
“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.” - Rachel Carson
shadowy_future…
"The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore... Unlike the mediocre, intrepid spirits seek victory over those things that seem impossible... It is with an iron will that they embark on the most daring of all endeavors... to meet the shadowy future without fear... Continue Reading →
be less enslaved…
“Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved” - Andre Malraux
mother nature…
“The thing that a lot of people cannot comprehend is that Mother Nature doesn't have a bullet with your name on it, she has millions of bullets inscribed with 'to whom it may concern” - Unknown
ethics cannot be based upon our obligations…
“Ethics cannot be based upon our obligations toward [people], but they are complete and natural only when we feel this Reverence for Life and the desire to have compassion for and to help all creatures insofar as it is in our power. I think that this ethic will become more and more recognized because of... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 