“How then shall we live? Let us live lightly as a feather. How much shall we give? Let us give everything, together One heart, one mind, all humankind… I volunteer.”

There can be no question about whether we should or should not transform our society in the direction of sustainability.

I Love, Therefore I Am

Sustainability is a set of conditions and trends in a given system that can continue indefinitely

Every living thing like a mountain stream that flows out o’er the land. I volunteer for the journey from here to heaven’s gate. I will do my part I place my heart in Your gracious hands.

It seems implausible, yet time and again history has proven it true.

Virtually every major shift in cultural history can trace its origins to the work of a small group, often gathered around an innovative thinker or body of thought.

This famous quote hangs over my desk, as well as the desks of many people with the hubris and optimism to believe they can change the world for the better.

How much is enough? How much does anyone require? Can I be both kind and tough? Can I put faith before desire? Right now, for all time, I vow to try . . . I volunteer to be simple, I volunteer to love.

Temperance in everything is requisite for happiness.

And I’ve always said, ‘If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn’t necessary.’ We need to be able to understand that if we’re going to make real progress.

Read, read read. Read everything.

We have been told to ask about everything: Will it leave us free?

There are those who argue that everything breaks even in this old dump of a world of ours.

Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.

I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.

We pretend that everything that has happened happened long ago, and then we act as if we all now just treat each other equally, everything will be fine.