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#1

“Earth is not the one that needs saving; We are.

Sustainability is not about saving Earth; it's about saving our species on Earth.”
― Dr Darius Singh

tags: earth, nature, sustainability

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#2

“When we look at nature, we see ourselves.”
― Elliot Connor, Human Nature: How to be a Better Animal

tags: animal-rights, animals, anthropology, environment, philosophy, reflection, sustainability, wildlife

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#3

“It’s not sufficient to know that something is wrong. You also have to appreciate why it is wrong, how things might be changed, and then persuade others of the new possibilities.”
― David Sharpley, 7 Principles for Exceptional Performance: Develop Purpose, Motivation & Leadership Skills

tags: corporate-responsibility, diversity, duplicity, employee-engagement, equality, hubris, leadership, life-coaching, sustainability

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#4

“she's got
oceans
tucked away
in her hair

poems swim
under her skin.”
― Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos

tags: beautiful, deep, hair, ocean, oceans, poems, poetry, poetry-quotes, profound, romance, sea, skin

126 likes

#5

“Being human means throwing your whole life on the scales of destiny when need be, all the while rejoicing in every sunny day and every beautiful cloud.”
― Rosa Luxemburg

tags: german-social-democracy, humanism, marxism, poetry, rosa-luxemburg

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#6

“If perception is limited, why do so many almost sacrifice their lives to satisfy it?”
― Lenfantvivant

tags: freedom, life-lessons, life-quotes, limitations, mental-health, perception, reality, truth

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#7

“INTERIOR

Her mind lives in a quiet room,
A narrow room, and tall,
With pretty lamps to quench the gloom
And mottoes on the wall.

There all the things are waxen neat
And set in decorous lines;
And there are posies, round and sweet,
And little, straightened vines.

Her mind lives tidily, apart
From cold and noise and pain,
And bolts the door against her heart,
Out wailing in the rain.”
― Dorothy Parker, The Complete Poems of Dorothy Parker

tags: loneliness, solitude

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#8

“I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.”
― Mitch Albom, For One More Day

tags: love, mother, truth

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#9

“If an apology is followed by an excuse or a reason, it means they are going to commit same mistake again they just apologized for.”
― Amit Kalantri

tags: apologies, apologize, apology, fun, funny, funny-quotes, human, humans, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, mistake, mistakes, motivation, motivational, motivational-quotes, philosophy, repeat-mistakes, wisdom, wisdom-quotes, wit, witty, witty-quotes

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#10

“Happiness not belong to the great in everything, happiness just belong to someone who find a simple things in his life and still remain grateful.”
― Akbar de Wighar

tags: grateful, gratitude, happiness, happiness-quotes, inspirational, inspirational-quotes

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#11

“If you make art, people will talk about it. Some of the things they say will be nice, some won’t. You’ll already have made that art, and when they’re talking about the last thing you did, you should already be making the next thing.

If bad reviews (of whatever kind) upset you, just don’t read them. It’s not like you’ve signed an agreement with the person buying the book to exchange your book for their opinion.

Do whatever you have to do to keep making art. I know people who love bad reviews, because it means they’ve made something happen and made people talk; I know people who have never read any of their reviews. It’s their call. You get on with making art.”
― Neil Gaiman

tags: art, encouragement, inspiration, neil-gaiman, reviews

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#12

“Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the song of a bird? Why does one love the night, flowers, everything around one, without trying to understand them? But in the case of a painting people have to understand. If only they would realize above all that an artist works of necessity, that he himself is only a trifling bit of the world, and that no more importance should be attached to him than to plenty of other things which please us in the world, though we can't explain them. People who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree.”
― Pablo Picasso

tags: art, artist, enjoyment, understanding

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#13

“Artists and designers have a largely shared skill set and knowledge base but the work they create, however indistinguishable in terms of technique, subject matter and visual language, is made for entirely different reasons. Attempts to define or make clear distinctions between art and design are always contestable, but at the beginning of a diagnostic process it is useful to identify a simple delineation between the two:

Art

An artist's practice generally emerges from their own individual concerns explored over varying durations in the studio. The work is then usually presented to a knowing public either in galleries or in designated public spaces.

Design

Design is largely initiated externally from the needs or desires of a client or external body. The functionality of the designed solution is as important as its desirability, craft and aesthetics.
Design is in the public domain and, as such, its messages, meanings and functions are inextricably linked to the political, social and economic concerns of its audience/ user and its context.”
― Lucy Alexander, The Central Saint Martins Guide to Art & Design: Key lessons from the word-renowned Foundation course

tags: art, art-school, artist, design, further-education, highter-education

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#14

“If nature has made you for a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart; and though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that—warm things, kind things, sweet things—help and comfort and laughter—and sometimes gay, kind laughter is the best help of all.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess

tags: givers, giving, kindness

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#15

“Keep your heart clear
And transparent,
And you will
Never be bound.
A single disturbed thought
Creates ten thousand distractions.”
― Ryokan

tags: authenticity, honesty, meditation, thinking, thought

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#16

“HEARTWORK

Each day is born with a sunrise
and ends in a sunset, the same way we
open our eyes to see the light,
and close them to hear the dark.
You have no control over
how your story begins or ends.
But by now, you should know that
all things have an ending.
Every spark returns to darkness.
Every sound returns to silence.
And every flower returns to sleep
with the earth.
The journey of the sun
and moon is predictable.
But yours,
is your ultimate
ART.”
― Suzy Kassem

tags: dark, destiny-quotes, dreams, earth, life, life-journey, light, moon, poetry, sun, sunrise, sunset, suzy-kassem

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#17

“CIRCLES OF LIFE

Everything
Turns,
Rotates,
Spins,
Circles,
Loops,
Pulsates,
Resonates,
And
Repeats.

Circles
Of life,
Born from
Pulses
Of light,
Vibrate
To
Breathe,
While
Spiraling
Outwards
For
Infinity
Through
The lens
Of time,
And into
A sea
Of stars
And
Lucid
Dreams.

Poetry by Suzy Kassem”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

tags: circles, circles-of-life, circuling, cosmic, cosmos, cycles, design, dreams, earth, galaxy, geometric, gravity, life, light, lucid, matter, moon, pattern, physics, planetary, planets, rotates, science, shapes, solar-system, spins, spiral, spiraling, spirals, spirituality, stars, sun, turning, universe

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#18

“If I could take a bite of the whole world
And feel it on my palate
I’d be more happy for a minute or so...
But I don’t always want to be happy.
Sometimes you have to be
Unhappy to be natural...

Not every day is sunny.
When there’s been no rain for a while, you pray for it to come.
So I take unhappiness with happiness
Naturally, like someone who doesn’t find it strange
That there are mountains and plains
And that there are cliffs and grass...

What you need is to be natural and calm
In happiness and in unhappiness,
To feel like someone seeing,
To think like someone walking,
And when it’s time to die, remember the day dies,
And the sunset is beautiful, and the endless night is beautiful...
That’s how it is and that’s how it should be...”
― Alberto Caeiro, The Keeper of Sheep

tags: beauty, death, faith, god, happiness, love, meaning-of-life, natural, nature, paganism, pantheism, unhappiness

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#19

“We forget that the sweetest joys are found in the simplest acts: hugs, laughter, quiet observation, basic movements, holding hands, pleasant music, shared stories, a listening ear, an unhurried visit, and selfless service. It is sad we forget a truth so elementary.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

tags: acts-of-kindness, happiness, happy, hugs, joy, laughter, listening, music, observation, richelle, richelle-e-goodrich, richelle-goodrich, service, simple-acts, stories, truth, visiting

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#20

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realise they were the big things.”
― Robert Brault

tags: chill-out, life

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#21

“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 redeemed. Still life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happened better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that’s often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb. (Don't Hesitate)”
― Mary Oliver, Swan: Poems and Prose Poems

tags: beauty-in-nature, love, nature, poetry

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#22

“The poet dreams of the mountain

Sometimes I grow weary of the days, with all their fits and starts.
I want to climb some old gray mountains, slowly, taking
The rest of my lifetime to do it, resting often, sleeping
Under the pines or, above them, on the unclothed rocks.
I want to see how many stars are still in the sky
That we have smothered for years now, a century at least.
I want to look back at everything, forgiving it all,
And peaceful, knowing the last thing there is to know.
All that urgency! Not what the earth is about!
How silent the trees, their poetry being of themselves only.
I want to take slow steps, and think appropriate thoughts.
In ten thousand years, maybe, a piece of the mountain will fall.”
― Mary Oliver, Swan: Poems and Prose Poems

tags: inspiration, nature, poetry

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#23

“APPLY WITHIN

You once told me
You wanted to find
Yourself in the world -
And I told you to
First apply within,
To discover the world
within you.

You once told me
You wanted to save
The world from all its wars -
And I told you to
First save yourself
From the world,
And all the wars
You put yourself
Through.

APPLY WITHIN by Suzy Kassem”
― Suzy Kassem

tags: attitude

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#24

“Creators understand that their emotions are not necessarily a sign of the circumstances. They understand that in desperate circumstances they may experience joy, and in jubilant circumstances they may feel regret. They know that any emotion will change. But because emotions are not the centerpiece of their lives, they do not pander to them. They create what they create, not in reaction to their emotions but independent of them. On days filled with the depths of despair, they can create. On days filled with the heights of joy, they can create.”
― Robert Fritz, The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life

tags: creativity, emotion

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#25

“Creativity is a magic wand that works two ways. When you set it in action and seek to create something, it does not just brings into existence that object or work, it also raises in your heart a dream, a hope, and a will to achieve that creation. And when all else seems lost and steeped in hopelessness, the magic of creativity can still keep you going. For when all else seem dark, an urge to create something would still give you an aim to look forward to. And if you just take hold of this urge, it will take hold of you and see you through even the darkest times. Like it did to me.”
― Jyoti Arora

tags: creative-act, creative-process, creative-writing, creativity

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#26

“Create because it's fun.
Create because it helps people.
Create because it gives you a sense of accomplishment.
Create like nobody's watching and you might be surprised how many do.”
― Matt D'Avella

tags: content-creation, creativity, inspirational

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#27

“we are all like poems.
some of us rhyme. some don’t.
some are Pulitzer prizes
some are just scribbles

and yet, we all possess
a special kind of beauty

that can either heal
or cut to the bone

one that can never quite
be fathomed, nor forgotten.”
― Sanober Khan

tags: beauty, healing, light, people, poems, poetry, poetry-quotes, scribbles, soul, special, unforgettable

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#28

“Acknowledge your limits;
it's not surrender, it's self-compassion.
Rest, recharge, and prioritize your well-being.
Stepping back is sometimes the only way to truly move forward.”
― Monika Ajay Kaul

tags: acknowledging-limits, moving-forward, prioritize, stepping-back, well-being

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#29

“You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting –
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.”
― Mary Oliver

tags: beauty, birds, nature, poetry, shore, woods

5492 likes

#30

“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

tags: buddhism, gratitude, joy, mindfulness, zen

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