quote of the week archive     
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  Shifts in consciousness can take decades that we don’t have. Trade in the SUV—then let’s talk about the sacredness of the earth.
—Julian Sinclair
  Look for the Second Right Answer.
—Roger von Oech
  In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.
—Yogi Berra
  Trust that little voice in your head that says
"Wouldn't it be interesting if . . . "
And then do it.
—Duane Michals
 

For once on the face of the earth
let’s not speak in any language,
Let’s stop for one second,
And not move our arms so much.
—Pablo Neruda

 

There has been more information produced in the last 30 years than during the previous 5,000.
—Richard Saul Wurman

 

Thought is only a flash in the middle of a long night, but the flash that means everything.
—Henri Poincare

 

There is something deeply suffocating about life today in the propserous west. Bourgeosification, the suburbanisation of the soul, proceeds at an unnerving pace. Nothing is allowed to distress and unsettle us.
—J.G. Ballard

 

War is as objectionable as cannibalism and slavery.
—Alice Walker

  The apocalypse is coming. You’ll need something to read.
—Susann Cokal