Quotes about "Indigenous Wisdom"

Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another. ”

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. ”

As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself. ”

If you crave for Knowledge, the banquet of Knowledge grows and groans on the board until the finer appetite sickens. ”

I don't come from any great culinary tradition - I'm from London! ”

If people grow things themselves, their children understand, then schools in the area know that this community's generating something with its own energy, to consume. ”

Supermarkets don't really sustain a community, and they completely remove people from the food chain. ”

Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of change, history finds its revenge by stamping the collective unconsciousness with habits and values. ”

Although the Internet makes it seem as if you have a direct connection to the securities market, you don't. Lines may clog; systems may break; orders may back-up. ”

Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience to body and mind, breeding new desires, and exploiting Nature's cupboard for their satisfaction. ”