Inspiratie

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

― World Health Organization

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

- Henry David Thoreau

Meditation is to be aware of what is going on in your body, in your feelings, in your mind, and in the world.

– Thich Nhat Hanh

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

- Marcel Proust

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

- Gandhi

There’s a revolution that needs to happen and it starts from inside each one of us. We need to wake up and fall in love with the Earth. Our personal and collective happiness and survival depends on it.

- Thich Nhat Hanh

We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren, and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can't speak for themselves, such as the birds, animals, fish, and trees.

- Hereditary Chief Edward Moody

And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being.

- Black Elk

Such love does the sky now pour,
that whenever I stand in a field,
I have to wring out the light when I get home.

- St. Francis of Assisi

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

- Margaret Mead

In the Buddha’s teaching we learn that love is born from understanding. It is possible the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual but the form of a community, a community practicing understanding and loving kindness, a community practicing mindful living. This may be the most important thing for earth's survival.

- Thich Nhat Hanh

It is not enough to be compassionate, you must act

- The Dalai Lama

Be the voice of those who have none.

- Author unknown

It takes a village to raise a child.

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