Inspiring Quotes 17

Just a simple listing to start with, this section will need a reorganisation (by topic?)


 * "Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract - sustainable development - and turn it into a reality for all the world's people" Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General


 * "There are no environmental solutions to environmental problems, only social, economic and political ones" Charles Secrett


 * "There is more to life than increasing its speed." Gandhi


 * "To the forces of community, the world is inherently nurturing, compassionate, and overflowing with creative abundance and opportunity. In the world of community we consider violence and conflict to be irrational, because they are self-destructive — a violation against the sacred spiritual unity that is the source of life and the ground of all being. Meaning and purpose are found in equitably sharing power and resources to secure the well-being of all as we engage in a cooperative exploration of life’s infinite creative possibilities." David C. Korten


 * "Natural ecosystems will [only] be protected when society taxes the pumping of fresh water, the damming of rivers and the felling of virgin timber. As polluters pay more, and those who tread more lightly on the Earth pay less, incentives are created for people to do the right thing." John Robbins


 * "Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of a new reverence for life, the firm resolve to achieve sustainability, the quickening of the struggle for justice and peace, and the joyful celebration of life." Earth Charter


 * "Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion and adoption." John Stewart Mill


 * "Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Eleanor Roosevelt


 * "Community building power comes from the living database that the participants create and use together informally as they help each other solve problems, one to one and many to many. The web of human relationships that can grow along with the database is where the potential for cultural and political change can be found." Howard Rheingold


 * "That in this globalized world “Every Man and Woman is Neither an Island nor a Continent�? but ever increasingly part of a global community, mutually impacting on each other socially, economically and last, but not least, environmentally." Klaus Toepfer