Inspiring Quotes 11

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 * "I believe in God, only I spell it Nature." Frank Lloyd Wright


 * "In too many countries and internationally, we still don't have governing systems and institutions that are accountable, participatory, consensus oriented, transparent, equitable and follow the rule of law." Mary Robinson


 * "They wrote about another world, the dirt world. That too, too solid world which the Zeroes made naught of. Ti Chiu, Dichew, the dirt-ball. Earth. The "garbage" world. The "trash" planet.  These words are archaic, history-words, attached only to history-images: receptacles were filled with "dirty" "garbage" that was poured into vehicles which carried it to "trash dumps" to "throw away."  What does that mean? Where is "away"?  Ursula K. Le Guin


 * "A human being is part of the whole, called by us 'Universe,' limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion is a prison, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons close to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from our prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all humanity and the whole of nature in it's beauty." Albert Einstein


 * "Networks are the language of our times, but our institutions are not programmed to understand them." Demos


 * "The new media are orientated towards action, not contemplation; towards the present, not tradition. It is wrong to regard media equipment as mere means of consumption." Hans Magnus Enzensberger


 * "We don't need more walls of separation between nations and peoples. We know they can't protect us from global challenges like AIDS or terrorism or global warming. We need instead, more connections, more bridges of understanding and shared responsibility." Mary Robinson


 * "Many of our biggest social challenges will only be met if we promote self-organising solutions." Charles Leadbeater


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