February 2011
25 posts
To willingly reside in our distress, no longer resisting what is, is the real...
– Ezra Bayda, “Bursting the Bubble of Fear” (via sleepingbuddha)
January 2011
36 posts
Cable companies: Add Al Jazeera English NOW! It is downright un-American to...
– Jeff Jarvis (via azspot)
Why are Americans such wusses? Threaten the Greeks with job losses and benefit...
– Barbara Ehrenreich (via azspot)
Mary Jane Set Free in NEW ORLEANS →
fuckyeahdrugpolicy:
thehighestclass:
People charged with possession of marijuana in New Orleans will no longer be arrested and taken to jail. A city law that went into effect at 7 a.m. Sunday now gives police the option of issuing a summons to violators.
Today we live in a world where we have the technology to provide safe abortion...
– Maureen Paul (via azspot)
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.
– Benjamin Franklin
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the...
– Mohandas Gandhi
What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this...
– Buddha
There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is...
– Eugene Ionesco
One of the most general shorthand abstractions that if adopted would improve the...
– Michael Shermer (via azspot)
…when we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with...
– Sogyal Rinpoche (via mohandasgandhi)
Sex is no more an immutable binary than is gender. There are intersex people who...
– Asher Bauer (via inherhipstheresrevolutions)
There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering,...
– Anais Nin
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in...
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small...
– Albert Einstein
There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only...
– Albert Einstein
Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name of...
– Albert Camus
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that...
– Albert Einstein
Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings...
– Rainer Maria Rilke
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply...
– Lao Tzu
Three Trans Women in Honduras Murdered in Three... →
greenstate:
dancingonembers:
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Sign the IGLHRC letter to Honduran officials demanding justice!
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If we are to have freedom to speak, freedom to assemble, and, yes, the freedom...
– Bill Clinton (via azspot)
You were never greater than you are right now, nor will you ever be. Your worth...
– Michael Tamura (via commondense)
Arizona Sheriff : "Arizona has become the Mecca... →
soupsoup:
NY Times Caucus Liveblog :
Mr. Dupnik called the shooting a “very sad day for Tucson” and a “horrendous, horrendous, senseless, unbelievable crime.” And then he blamed the crime on the rhetoric — presumably political rhetoric — in the country.
“When you look at unbalanced people, how they respond to the vitriol that comes out of certain mouths about tearing down the...
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
– Louisa May Alcott
I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its...
– Benjamin Disraeli
Life is a series of spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them - that only...
– Lao Tse
Each of you should make himself his island, make himself and no one else his...
– The Buddha
If on the path you don’t meet your equal, it’s best to travel alone....
– The Dhammapada
My belief is that the various religious traditions have great potential to...
– Dalai Lama via kim (via soupsoup)
A person dependent on somebody else for everything from potatoes to opinions may...
– Wendell Berry (via azspot)