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"We must follow the wisdom of the Brundtland Report. We must pursue development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs."
"No' and 'Yes' are words quickly said, but they need a great amount of thought before you utter them."
"If you don’t say what you’re thinking, you end up lying when you really need to speak up."
"Ask yourself what problem you have right now. Not next year, tomorrow or five minutes from now. You can always cope with the now, but you can never cope with the future. Nor do you have to. The answer, the strength and the right action will be there when you need it. Not before or after."
"The predominance of mind is no more than a stage in the evolution of consciousness. We need to go on to the next stage now as a matter of urgency; otherwise, we will be destroyed by the mind, which has grown into a monster."
"You have your vision and you need to be focused, but you have to listen. I never felt a sense that the wheels were going to come off because we're all friends and family. It was all good."
"When a sense of dissatisfaction persists, that means it was placed there by God for one reason only: you need to change everything and move forward."
"We are all a part of the divine spark. All have a purpose in creation and that purpose is called Love. That love, however, shouldn't be concentrated in just one person, it should be scattered throughout the world, waiting to be discovered. Wake up that love. What is gone cannot return. What is about to arrive needs to be recognized."
"Lovers need to know how to lose themselves and then how to find themselves again."
"Many a green isle needs must be In the deep wide sea of Misery, Or the mariner, worn and wan, Never thus could voyage on."
"If you want to improve how you manage time - stop doing what doesn't need to be done!"
"God alone is entirely exempt from all want of human virtues, that which needs least is the most absolute and divine."
"For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting."
"No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist."
"Mr. Shepherd, ye cannot stop a bad thought from coming into your head. But ye need not pull up a chair and bide it sit down." - Mrs. Brown"
"All governments need enemies. How else to justify their existence?"
"What people need and what they want may be very different."
"I listen to music when I write. I need the musical background. Classical music. I'm behind the times. I'm still with Baroque music, Gregorian chant, the requiems, and with the quartets of Beethoven and Brahms. That is what I need for the climate, for the surroundings, for the landscape: the music."
"The day I need a television puppet or clown to tell my children what's right and what's wrong, I'll bow out as a mother."
"Adult stem cells are also problematic, as they are difficult to identify, purify and grow, and simply may not exist for certain diseased tissues that need to be replaced."
