Our Basic Quotes

61 quotes by 54 authors

It's a bit counter-intuitive to think about the future in terms of the past. But...I've learned an important trick: to develop foresight, you need to… — Jane McGonigal
Our economic approach to food and its distribution reflects our basic moral values. — Nelson Mandela
Because we havenâ€™t been taught to appreciate and love ourselves in this way, we donâ€™t feel like we deserve self-care and pleasure. Instead, we cling… — Jessica Ortner
Our wisdom is all mixed up with what we call our neurosis. Our brilliance, our juiciness, our spiciness, is all mixed up with our craziness… — Pema Chodron
Our basic problem today is that we have two religions in conflict, humanism and Christianity, each with its own morality and the laws of that… — R.J. Rushdoony
There is no need to invent an ego that is separate from the divine if our basic human nature is trusted. If we trust ourselves,… — Wayne Dyer
It is our basic right to be a happy person, happy family, and eventually a happy world. That should be our goal. — Dalai Lama
We are here to learn lessons and our birth chart tells us what our lessons are, what type of energy we possess in the first… — Stephen Arroyo
More fundamental than religion is our basic human spirituality. We have a basic human disposition towards love, kindness and affection, irrespective of whether we have… — Dalai Lama
Meditation is the way in which we come to feel our basic inseparability from the whole universe, and what that requires is that we shut… — Alan Watts
We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right. — Aretha Franklin
It is fashionable nowadays to talk about the endless riches of the sea. The ocean is regarded as a sort of bargain basement, but I… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
When we are constantly recreating our basic patterns of behavior and thought, we never have to leap into fresh air or onto fresh grass. Instead,… — Chogyam Trungpa
The chief contribution of such a radically new and more powerful instrument would be, not to supplement our present ideas of the universe we live… — Lyman Spitzer
The human venture depends absolutely on this quality of awe and reverence and joy in the Earth and all that lives and grows upon the… — Thomas Berry
While no amount of financial wealth can guarantee an experience of prosperity, it is possible to experience prosperity at almost any level of income, except… — Shakti Gawain
We are always doing something to cover up our basic existential anxiety. Some people live that way until the day they die. — Joko Beck
As more and more people awaken to the threats against our basic rights online, we must start a debate - everywhere - about the web… — Tim Berners-Lee
The more deeply I search for the roots of the global environmental crisis, the more I am convinced that it is an outer manifestation of… — Al Gore
I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights. — Sonia Sotomayor

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