Carol

“First, these foods and beverages contain additives and industrial ingredients. It’s a long list, but here are some of the chemicals you should avoid or limit: coloring agents, sweeteners such as maltodextrin, high-fructose corn syrup, fruit juice concentrates, dextrose, lactose, artificial sweeteners, hydrogenated oils, palm oil, calcium propionate, soy protein isolate, modified starches such as maltitol, calcium caseinate, hydrolyzed beef gelatin, and emulsifiers such as soy lecithin, xanthan gum, guar gum, and diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides.”
― Eric Topol, Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity

“If enough individuals are full of despair and anger in their hearts, there will be violence in the streets. If enough individuals are full of greed and fear in their hearts, there will be pollution in the rivers and toxins in the air. If enough individuals are full of supremacy and privilege in their hearts, there will be racism and oppression in society. You can’t remove the external social symptoms without treating the corresponding internal personal diseases. But”
― Brian D. McLaren, The Great Spiritual Migration: How the World's Largest Religion Is Seeking a Better Way to Be Christian

“An opportunity means change. An opportunity means action. But most of all, an opportunity means the chance of failure. And it's the potential for failure, more than failure itself, that stops so many people from beginning anything.”
― Mateo Askaripour, Black Buck

“Refusal to stand up for what you believe in weakens individual morality and ethics as well as those of the culture”
― Brené Brown, Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience