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The focus of environmental ethics should indeed be on the virtues and how these inform our relationship to natural environments.
Although I'm deaf in only my left ear, when there is noise all around, I'm unable to distinguish sounds and can't hear anything.
...the incontrovertible evidence is that Hitler ordered on November 30, 1941, that there was to be 'no liquidation of the Jews.'
When we give our lives to Jesus Christ, the things of earth grow strangely dim. The values of eternity grow increasingly bright.
Head knowledge without heart knowledge is worse than useless; but when head and heart join forces, it changes our lives forever.
[Donald] Trump was born on June 14, 1946, less than a year after the first and, thus far, only nuclear weapons were used in war.
I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing. I will never define myself in terms of anyone else.
I want to kiss her without counting the seconds. I want to hold her so long that I get to know her skin. I want, I want, I want.
The first contributing factor to a happy home is the sublime virtue of loyalty, one of the noblest attributes of the human soul.
While the hippocampus itself doesn't store memories, it serves to triage our experiences based upon their survival significance.
On a practical level I'm a TV producer and storyteller who's gone about as long as you can go without achieving a mass audience.
If your life is ever going to get better, you'll have to take risks. There is simply no way you can grow without taking chances.
Happiness is living by inner purpose, not by outer pressures. Happiness is having a sense of meaning, not a feeling of futility.
This is an awesome time to be a knowledge seeker, no better time, but it's also the best time in history to be a complete idiot.
People are going to start realizing, why take those antibiotics that are extracts of mushrooms? Why not just have the mushrooms?
A long walk and grooming with a well-mannered dog is a Zen experience that leaves you refreshed and in a creative frame of mind.
A silent dark...as black as a moonless lake, as a ravine's wings, darkness there and nothing more, merely this and nothing more.
It’s not our job to assess the merit of our vision or judge its importance. It is our job to receive the vision and act upon it.
By affirming your own gifts and accomplishments, you build your confidence and increase your ability to build a brighter future.
The best way to move a mountain is one stone at a time. Nothing is insurmountable if you take one step before you take the next.
I was never cold-blooded enough to look for a gap in the market. I loved stories and wanted to tell stories that should be told.
I am beneath or above no one. When I am independent of the good or bad opinion of others, I stand strong in my own divine power.
... reality stands before them, yet they don't see it, because what you call real is just the mirror image of your expectations.
Less than 5% of cancers are related to genes. 95% are influenced by your lifestyle. You are the author of your biological story.
The secrets of alchemy exist to transform mortals from a state of suffering and ignorance to a state of enlightenment and bliss.
Don't eat processed food, refined food but rather organic food from the earth - nothing with genetically - modified ingredients.
Getting regular restful sleep is an essential key to staying healthy and vital, yet it is so often neglected or underemphasized.
Nothing has more power to transform than awareness. When you become complete inside yourself, the worst conditions don't matter.
I went to medical school because I wanted to ask the big questions. Do we have a soul? Does God exist? What happens after death?
So, you pay attention to what is in every moment. And when you do that, then you realize that the presence of God is everywhere.
Simplicity is cosmic, because it places our life on the same scale as all life, of innocent Nature herself, who is all-powerful.
Our Higher Self is the most intimate thing we could possibly know; eternity is the most comfortable home we could possibly fine.
From a pure heart anything can be accomplished. If you ask what the universe is doing, it is eavesdropping on your every desire.
We may experience a realization of our true Self the first time we meditate, but most often the process of awakening is gradual.
Before the use of asteroids, the only significators of the feminine in traditional chart interpretation were the Moon and Venus.
There's nothing more frustrating than pulling on your favorite jeans - only to see there's a bit of extra bulge above the waist.
Science is what scientists do, not what nonscientists think they do or ought to be doing. Wetenschap is wat wetenschappers doen.
Whether or not anyone could have done it is not what's important. What is important is whether or not anyone would have done it.
Overall, the library held a hushed exultation, as though the cherished volumes were all singing soundlessly within their covers.
This is one of those rare recipes, surprising in its flavors and wonderful in its simplicity -- an out-and-out favorite of mine.
Adventure is not something you travel to find. It's something you take with you, or you're not going to find it when you arrive.
When confronted by conflict and confusion, another practice is to take a deep breath, pause and ask: 'Where is the gift in this?
The spirit of religious persecution is not the special failing of any particular faith, but springs eternal in the human breast.
There are no limitations, unless you create them yourselves. Anything is possible. You are only limited by your own imagination.
The social world is transforming the way we create wealth, work, learn, play, raise our children, and probably the way we think.
Every human being is searching for a deep sense of meaning, and yet we're all chasing success. We've confused one for the other.
Because men have so long ruled the world, it does not follow that the philosophy by which they have ruled it is the correct one.
I have spent too much time with my eye glued to the viewfinder and ended up missing both the image of the mind and that on film.
And so the ordinary unendurable torments we all experienced were indeed exceptional in the way they were absorbed in each heart.
I got married very early, and in no time at all, we had three children. And it seemed to me I had an obligation to support them.