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It’s your reactions that make you so unhappy or make you so happy. Your reactions are the key to having a wonderful life. If you can learn to control your own reactions, then you can change your routines, and you can change your life.
“Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring is based on Humboldt’s concept of interconnectedness, and scientist James Lovelock’s famous Gaia theory of the earth as a living organism bears remarkable similarities.”
― The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
― The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
“According to the French philosopher René Descartes and his followers, God had given this mechanical world its initial push, while Isaac Newton regarded the universe more like a divine clockwork, with God as the maker continuing to intervene.”
― The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
― The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
“After he saw the devastating environmental effects of colonial plantations at Lake Valencia in Venezuela in 1800, Humboldt became the first scientist to talk about harmful human-induced climate change.”
― The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
― The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
“he also believed that a great part of our response to the natural world should be based on the senses and emotions.”
― The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
― The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
“Give us the courage to love our family and friends unconditionally, and to change our relationships in the most positive and loving way.”
― The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship
― The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship
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Lorena’s 2025 Year in Books
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