In a time of darkness, you don't curse the darkness, you light a candle.
Interpretation
In difficult times, take positive action rather than complaining.
This quote emphasizes the importance of proactively addressing challenges instead of succumbing to negativity. It suggests that when faced with adversity or uncertainty, one should focus on finding solutions and fostering hope, effectively 'lighting a candle' rather than merely lamenting the darkness surrounding them.
In practice
This quote can be used to inspire a community during hard times, reminding them to take action.
Global warming is real and human activity is the main cause. The consequences are mainly negative and headed toward catastrophic, unless we act. However, the good news is that we can meet this challenge. It is not too late, and we have everything we need to get started.
The climate crisis is not a political issue; it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level.
I think it's harder for people than it should be. But as more and more of us become carbon neutral and change the patterns in our lives to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem, we are now beginning to see the changes in policy that are needed.
We have a planetary emergency. We have to find a way to create, in the generation of those alive today, a sense of generational mission.
CO2 is the exhaling breath of our civilization, literally... Changing that pattern requires a scope, a scale, a speed of change that is beyond what we have done in the past.
Well-established theories collapse under the weight of new facts and observations which cannot be explained, and then accumulate to the point where the once useful theory is clearly obsolete.
Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too. Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.
A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not.
If you believe in something and have the strength not to give up, it can happen. I am the living proof it can be done.
When you left the house today, you had the intention of putting clothes on and you did. You didn't try to put your pants on today. You simply put them on. The same has to hold for all of our intentions. We don't try to be more loving partners. We make the intention, and we act on it.
After each game, I want to be able to say: I gave it all I could, I gave it my best.
If you would attain to what you are not yet, you must always be displeased by what you are. For where you are pleased with yourself there you have remained. Keep adding, keep walking, keep advancing.
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