Soren Kierkegaard - "Twaddle, rubbish, and gossip is what people want, not action... The secret of life is to chatter freely about all one wishes to do and how one is always being prevented - and then do nothing."

Soren Kierkegaard - "Twaddle, rubbish, and gossip is what people want, not action... The secret of life is to chatter freely about all one wishes to do and how one is always being prevented - and then do nothing."

Endgame Volume I: The Problem of Civilization by Derrick Jensen - "We have all been born into a world of wounds, a world being murdered, and we simply don't know what it would be like to be beneficial and welcome partners in the ongoing creation that is the daily life of a forest, river, mountain, desert, and so on."

Sengtsan - "The more talking and thinking, the farther from the truth."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn - "We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable."

Planck - "[A] new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it."

Gringo Stars - "Hope is the real killer. Hope is harmful. Hope enables us to sit still in the sinking raft instead of doing something about our situation. Forget hope. Honestly and candidly assessing the situation as it truly stands is our only change. Instead of sitting there and 'hoping' our way out of this, perhaps we should recognize that realizing the truth of our situation, even if unpleasant, is positive since it is the required first step toward real change."

Gringo Stars - "Hope is the real killer. Hope is harmful. Hope enables us to sit still in the sinking raft instead of doing something about our situation. Forget hope. Honestly and candidly assessing the situation as it truly stands is our only change. Instead of sitting there and 'hoping' our way out of this, perhaps we should recognize that realizing the truth of our situation, even if unpleasant, is positive since it is the required first step toward real change."

Endgame Volume I: The Problem of Civilization by Derrick Jensen - "...our truth is still there - all of it is still there. We could wake up any time and reclaim the whole of our existence."