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‘Fernweh?’ ‘It’s a German word,’ he said. ‘The pain of not being in foreign parts. A desire to travel. An ache for distant places.’ Fernweh. Fernweh. So that’s what it
“Nothing is invented, for it’s written in nature first. Originality consists of returning to the origin.”
― Origin
― Origin
“May our philosophies keep pace with our technologies. May our compassion keep pace with our powers. And may love, not fear, be the engine of change.”
― Origin
― Origin
“The other way we can avoid the experience of anger is through repression. So repression and discharge are two sides of the same coin. Both represent fear and anxiety, and for that reason, both trigger physiological stress responses regardless of what we consciously feel or do not feel.”
― When the Body Says No
― When the Body Says No
“Unfortunately, our culture doesn’t seem to remember much about how you celebrate things without buying a bunch of unnecessary stuff and without consuming a bunch of unnecessary sugar.”
― Year of No Sugar
― Year of No Sugar
“There are many shortcuts in life, but perhaps none that come free of consequences. Sugar is one of those things we have manipulated into giving us lots of shortcuts: to better taste, to more convenience, to ever-higher food industry profits. But at what costs? As the old saying goes, if you don’t have your health, you don’t have anything.”
― Year of No Sugar
― Year of No Sugar
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