Stephen Durham > Stephen's Quotes

“On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world.”
― Henry David Thoreau

“Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.”
― Osho, Creativity: Unleashing the Forces Within

“Intelligence is dangerous. Intelligence means you will start thinking on your own; you will start looking around on your own. You will not believe in the scriptures; you will believe only in your own experience.”
― OshO

“The less people know, the more stubbornly they know it.”
― Osho

“It’s time for a new understanding of what capital is and how to put it to use wisely.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“When we apply IP licensing at scale in an exclusive system and in alignment with permaculture principles, we give businesses in the network a strategic advantage while helping the world transition to a better state of being.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“In a permaculture economy, every job is an essential job.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“3d printers use less material, labor and energy yet they're more effective than substractive manufacturing machines. At full potential and systems scale, they achieve greater results in less time. When something does more with less, it's a good investment. And when that's employed on a systems level, theres a multiplicative benefit effect.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Greenwashing is a problem. That's why the practice of just sticking a label like ESG on a company or a project isn't good enough. We need to have a systemic approach. We have to approach it from the ground up with systems design, not from the top down with labels.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Inheritance is a natural phenomena. Every tree in every forest is first expected to productively utilize the inheritance it receives from prior generations of trees and other life forms. And every tree in every forest is expected to provide an inheritance of new substance created through growth for subsequent generations of trees and other life forms. In ecological systems, there is a correlation between inheritance and growth, each facilitating the other. Economic systems should function in the same way.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth