On this earth there is that which deserves life.
People should treat the oceans like we do anything else that we care about - with consideration, with care, and affection. That's it. For that we must educate.
The amount of water on the planet does not change, only its quality.
This is going to be a difficult few hundred years. No matter what we do, we have to give up some of the advantages of the wealthy Western nations and help out people who are less fortunate. That is the key. I think we can do it if we have more compassion for one another.
What do we expect the climate to do? How will it affect people? And how can we protect people from hardship? We should be willing to face the facts that things may not go very well.
Fresh water is like a fossil fuel; we should not waste it.
We have to work together to do a better job than we did in the last few generations.
Procrastination is the kidnapper of souls and the recruiting-officer of hell.
We are simply committing ourselves to paying attention to our life. We use meditation to help us in that attention process. We are not trying to become good meditators. We are trying to wake up.
The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of sleight-of-hand that was ever invented.
Would you require a wretched being, whose life is slowly wasting under a lingering disease, to despatch himself at once by the stroke of a dagger? Does not the very disorder which consumes his strength deprive him of the courage to effect his deliverance?