“Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.”
— Stephen Covey
“Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.”
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
“A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him,that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men,and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.”
— Albert Schweitzer
“This land, this water, this air, this planet -this is our legacy to our young.”
— Paul Tsongas
“People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure.”
— David Attenborough
“If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow,we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology.We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it.”
— Lyndon B. Johnson
“Be gentle with the earth.”
— Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
“No situation, people or event can create stress in my life. It is my response that decides. “
— Unknown
“If you pick the right small behavior and sequence it right, then you won’t have to motivate yourself to have it grow. It will just happen naturally, like a good seed planted in a good spot.”
— B.J. Fogg
“Spirituality is a very simple way of life. It is not complex at all. The simplicity of spiritual consciousness makes it very easy to go back to the primordial consciousness of Spirit and just allow it to be. The complexity is the expectation we place on it and the levels of illusion that we project into it.”
— John-Roger
“The people who are lifting the world onward and upward are those who encourage more than they criticize.”
— Elizabeth Harrison
“The light which experience gives is a lantern on the stern, which shines only on the waves behind us.”
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you.”
— William Arthur Ward
“The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.”
— Charles Schwab