"That was my real education in the world……" — Satish Kumar
"That was my real education in the world - I learned politics, the social and cultural life of India, Hindu tradition and religion, and Buddhism."
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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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The way to healthy living is to shift from quantitative economic growth to quality of life, food, water and air…
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If we remove ourselves from the world, we are pretending that we can follow our own individual enlightenment and let…
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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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