"If we remove ourselves from the world, we……" — Satish Kumar
"If we remove ourselves from the world, we are pretending that we can follow our own individual enlightenment and let the rest of the world go to hell, so to speak."
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33 Quotes by Satish Kumar
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Sometimes I come across a tree which seems like Buddha or Jesus: loving, compassionate, still, unambitious, enlightened, in eternal meditation,…
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If we go on using the Earth uncaringly and without replenishing it, then we are just greedy consumers.
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The road to climate stability is straight and the solutions simple, and yet scientists, economists, industrialists and politicians are busy…
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Human happiness, true prosperity and joyful living can only emerge from a life of elegant simplicity, embedded in the arts…
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Economy without ecology means managing the human nature relationship without knowing the delicate balance between humankind and the natural world
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Without the land, the rivers, the oceans, the forests, the sunshine, the minerals and thousands of natural resources we would…
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What we call 'economic growth' is in fact a growth in waste and a decline in the health of natural…
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We depend on the gifts of nature, but these gifts must be received with gratitude and not exploited or abused
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Our relationship with Nature... best way of forging this relationship... be a pilgrim and not a tourist on Planet Earth
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That was my real education in the world - I learned politics, the social and cultural life of India, Hindu…
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The way to healthy living is to shift from quantitative economic growth to quality of life, food, water and air…
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Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth; Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust;…
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