Never underestimate the power of intrinsic values. They inspire every struggle for a better world.
Interpretation
Intrinsic values drive us to improve the world around us.
This quote emphasizes the significance of intrinsic values, such as compassion, integrity, and justice, arguing that these ideals motivate individuals to strive for a better society. It suggests that when we recognize and embrace these values, they empower us to overcome challenges and inspire positive change in the world.
In practice
During a keynote speech at a conference on social change.
The notions that nature exists to serve us; that its value consists of the instrumental benefits we can extract; that this value can be measured in cash terms; and that what can't be measured does not matter, have proved lethal to the rest of life on Earth.
I believe that anyone who wants to stand in a national election should receive a course of psychotherapy. Completing the course should be a qualification for office. This wouldn't change the behaviour of psychopaths, but it might prevent some people who exercise power from imposing their own deep wounds on others.
I became an environmentalist because I love the living world, but I spend much of my life thinking about electricity, industrial processes and civil engineering.
Places that have become agricultural deserts, trashed by giant corporations, could be reforested, drawing carbon dioxide from the air on a vast scale. The ecosystems of land and sea could recover, not just in pockets but across great tracts of the planet.
Why is it so easy to save the banks - but so hard to save the biosphere?
It is a campaign not for abundance but for austerity. It is a campaign not for more freedom but for less. Strangest of all, it is a campaign not just against other people, but against ourselves.
I'm really excited about this generation of young women that can look at a screen and see some brown people in space.
One of the things is challenging yourself to do a Rome show when everybody's done a Rome show. To find some aspect of food culture or chef culture that people can look at in a new way.
I'm very proud of the colour of my skin and that I'm inspiring people from all backgrounds, but I think it will be great for the next mixed-race or black female principal dancer if she doesn't have to be asked about that.
Our dreams are luminous, a cast fire upon the world. Morning arrives and that's it. Sunlight darkens the earth.
Risk being seen in all of your glory.
When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here.
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