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Favorite sign-off quotes

 
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I got this idea from another thread:


https://permies.com/t/80/166759/permaculture-projects/hour-movie-full-tour-wheaton#1311188

And here are the two quotes that were offered there:

Barbara Manning wrote:

paul wheaton wrote:

Jane Lewis wrote:
“Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.”
― Voltaire



“God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.” - voltaire



So, do we have a favorite quotes thread, or should it be, Favorite sign-off quotes?

 
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Here's one of my favorite to THINK about:

There's no map or compass when you're navigating through emergent multidimensional space. Embracing this one truth is foundational. From here, we can experiment, make mistakes, recover from mistakes, and move forward, all without shame, blame or other typical derailing.

And there's lots more:

Things can be simpler.
Be prepared to be surprised.
What if - just what if - it WAS possible?
Simple is not easy. Simple is just good.
We can think together into the new possibility.
Business as the ultimate social art. Think about it.
A world that works for ALL is a world of love made visible.
Great ideas, it is said, come into the world as gently as doves.
Any time there's conflict, chaos or confusion, open more space.
If we don't find liminal space in our lives, we start to idolize normalcy.
The journey can simply be about taking responsibility for our passion.
We can be more present to our bodies, our lives and in relating with others.
From "I can't" to "we can" ... collective knowledge-building is a beautiful thing!
What heals us? What brings peace? What if it's about taking responsibility for our passion?
if a system is unhealthy, the way to make it more healthy is to connect it with more of itself.
Maybe the real question to ask every day is what kind of world do we want each other to live in?
Education is not primarily about the transmission of information, but about the transformation of the learner.
How would it look to build businesses so as to thrive together for the Common Good? Let's imagine that. Together.
Happy Soils - 快樂所有 - Making friends with systems. Everything is part of something. Let's return nutrients to the soil.
 
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These are a couple of quotes by Bill Mollison that I like:

We’d had agriculture for 7,000 years, and we’d been losing for 7,000 years — everything was turning into desert. So I wondered, can we build systems that obey ecological principles? We know what they are, we just never apply them. Ecologists never apply good ecology to their gardens. Architects never understand the transmission of heat in buildings. And physicists live in houses with demented energy systems. It’s curious that we never apply what we know to how we actually live.



Make the least changes that you need to achieve what you want. Don’t cut a tree down unless you have to



I also like these from Stephen Herrod Buhner, from his book, "Herbal Antibiotics":

Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines.



Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work.


 
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