Universal Responsibility Beyond Nations & Humans To Life

Today, more than ever before, 

life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, 

not only nation to nation and human to human, but 

also human to other forms of life.

~ Dalai Lama

Tags: Dalai Lama, Life, Sense, Universal, Responsibility, Nation, Human, 

[GMW #2897]

Honor Tradition & Expand Understanding

Honor the tradition but expand the understanding.

That's what religions must do right now if they hope
 to be helpful to humans in the years ahead.
~ Neale Donald Walsch, Tomorrow's God

Tags: Neale Donald Walsch, Honor, Tradition, Expand, Understanding, Religion, Hope, Helpful, Human, 

[GMW #2844]

Family Matters

Steve McCurry has been a one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for more than 30 years, with scores of magazine and book covers, over a dozen books, and countless exhibitions around the world to his name. He brought the world the first visuals of the conflict in Afghanistan, putting a human face to the issue with the celebrated image of the Afghan Girl and many other such powerful photographs. His work spans conflicts, vanishing cultures, ancient traditions and contemporary culture alike -- always retaining the powerful human element in his photographs. In this collection of images, he captures the beauty of family from all stretches of the earth, reminding us of our shared global experience of our most intimate community. 
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Tags: Steve McCurry, Human, Photography, World, Culture, Tradition, Beauty, Global, Experience, Community,

[GMW #2841]

Wilderness Is A Necessity Of The Human Spirit

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.
~ Edward Abbey

Tags: Edward Abbey, Wilderness, Luxury, Necessity, Human, Spirit,

[GMW #2940]

Hope Is What We Become In Action

FRITJOF CAPRA: In your latest book, EcoMind, you pose the question, "Is there a way of perceiving the environmental challenge that is at once hardheaded, evidence based, and invigorating?" And then you write, "I believe it is possible that we can turn today's breakdown into a planetary breakthrough on one condition. We can do it if we can break free of a set of dominant but misleading ideas that are taking us down." ...

FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ: It was a totally unplanned book, and it has changed my life. ...
I asked whether we could break through to more of an ecological way of seeing and feeling. ...
We should not bless what we're doing now with the term "growth." We should call it what it is, an economy of waste and destruction. ...
The challenge is ... "How do we remake our human-made systems to align positively with what we know creates sustainable and resilient communities?" ...
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Tags: Fritjof Capra, Francis Moore Lappe, Literacy, Environment, Challenge, Evidence, Invigorate, Ideas, Economy, Remake, Human, Align, Create, Positively, Sustainable, Resilient, Communities, Breakthrough,

[GMW #3023]

Compassion Is Essential

Compassion is not religious business, 

it is human business, it is not luxury, 
it is essential for our own peace and mental stability,
it is essential for human survival.
 ~ Dalai Lama

Tags: Dalai Lama, Compassion, Religious, Business, Human, Luxury,

Essential, Peace, Mental, Stability, Survival,

[GMW #3019]

Imagination & Art Are The Fountainhead

What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, 
but the fountainhead of human experience?
~ Rollo May, The Courage to Create

Tags: Rollo May, Imagination, Art, Human, Experience, Courage, Create,

[GMW #3012]

Wilderness A Permanent Home Of The Human Spirit

The wilderness and the idea of wilderness is
one of the permanent homes of the human spirit.
~ Joseph Wood Krutch
Tags: Joseph Wood Krutch, Human, Spirit, Human Spirit, Wilderness, Home, Permanent, Idea,

[GMW #2982]