There's always going to be merchants who need to get their message out, but things have gone way too far.
I'm not calling for a boycott on voting. But I think it should be very clear that just voting is not going to solve our problems.
You cannot change any society unless you take responsibility for it, unless you see yourself as belonging to it and responsible for changing it.
To make a revolution, people must not only struggle against existing institutions. They must make a philosophical spiritual leap and become more 'human' human beings. In order to change transform the world, they must change transform themselves.
We never know how our small activities will affect others through the invisible fabric of our connectedness. In this exquisitely connected world, it's never a question of 'critical mass. ' It's always about critical connections.
You don't choose the times you live in, but you do choose who you want to be. And you do choose how you think.
People are aware that they cannot continue in the same old way but are immobilized because they cannot imagine an alternative. We need a vision that recognizes that we are at one of the great turning points in human history when the survival of our planet and the restoration of our humanity require a great sea change in our ecological, economic, political, and spiritual values.
The people elected us to end the talk and to act decisively.
Being homeless is awful, but if you've ever tried to wrestle a duvet cover back onto a comforter you realise it's not without it's benefits.
Don't ask what it means, but rather how it is used.
Now if I cry on screen I think it's mint. Because I think that's how that person would feel at that time. And if it doesn't, then it just doesn't happen.