Never tell a story because it is true: tell it because it is a good story.
We must, from here on in, all go down the same path. . . There may not be another chance.
What if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions of the rich countries?. . . In order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?
A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns.
The concept of national sovereignty has been an immutable, indeed sacred, principle of international relations. It is a principle which will yield only slowly and reluctantly to the new imperatives of global environmental cooperation. It is simply not feasible for sovereignty to be exercised unilaterally by individual nation states, however powerful. The global community must be assured of environmental security.
Developed and benefited from the unsustainable patterns of production and consumption which have produced our present dilemma. It is clear that current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class-involving high meat intake, consumption of large amounts of frozen and convenience foods, use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and work-place air-conditioning, and suburban housing-are not sustainable. A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmentally damaging consumption patterns.
Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?
Anyone who thinks hard work will never hurt you has never had to pay to have it done. Jesus now has many lovers of his Heavenly Kingdom, but few bearers of his cross.
Real freedom will come when U. S. soldiers in Iraq turn their guns on their superiors.
I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness
Improving your process won't move you from good to great design. It'll move you from bad to average.