Man, when he is merely what he seems to be, is almost nothing. - Antonio Porchia

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Two centuries ago, a former European colony decided to catch up with Europe. It succeeded so well that the United States of America became a monster, in which the taints, the sickness and the inhumanity of Europe have grown to appalling dimensions

Antonio Porchia

Man, when he is merely what he seems to be, is almost nothing.

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Everything that I bear within me bound, is to be found somewhere else free.

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I would ask something more of this world, if it had something more.

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More grievous than tears is the sight of them.

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Human suffering, while it is asleep, is shapeless. If it is wakened it takes the form of the waker.

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There are sufferings that have lost their memory and do not remember why they are suffering.

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For the majority of people , though they do not know what to do with this life , long for another that shall have no end.

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This is no world. It is God Himself. In delusion we call it world.

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Vandana Shiva

Gandhis idea of swadeshithat local societies should put their own resources and capacities to use to meet their needs as a basic element of freedomis becoming increasingly relevant. We cannot afford to forget that we need self-rule, especially in this world of globalization.

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You know how many seeds are in an apple. But you don't know how many apples are in a seed.

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