Today's quote

There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its power of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings; that man is richest who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, both personal, and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others.
— John Ruskin (1819-1900)

Recently added

Fair Globalization : Creating Opportunities For All, World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization

Just ecological integrity : the ethics of maintaining planetary life, edited by Peter Miller and Laura Westra

Living in integrity : a global ethic to restore a fragmented earth, Laura Westra

Ecoviolence and the Law : Supranational Normative Foundation of Ecocrime, Laura Westra

Worldly wonder : religions enter their ecological phase, Mary Evelyn Tucker; with a commentary by Judith A. Berling; followed by a response, discussion, and epilogue

 

Today's excerpt

"I did not know the French soldier's name and he did not know mine, but when we met we were already enemies. He came and was prepared to kill me for our food, and I had to comply with his order to protect myself and my fellow monks. The two of us were not, by nature, enemies. Under different circumstances, we could have become close friends, even loving each other as brothers. It was only the war that separated us and brought violence between us. This is the nature of war: it turns us into enemies. People who have never met kill each other out of fear.

— Thich Nhat Hanh, Creating True Peace : Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community, and the World

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