Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Quotes of the day, by way of Francesca Martinez at a "This Changes Everything" event -- via @NaomiKlein

a key part of social change is to challenge the toxic ideas that disempower people and strip them of their confidence and their belief that change is possible

climate change is a physical manifestation of these disgusting ideals, these ideals of greed, of individualism, of materialism, they are literally killing the planet, and they are also creating mass suffering

the first step to create a better world is to believe in one

we have to be made to believe we are not good enough the way we are so that we go out and buy shit we don’t need 

accepting yourself as you are is an act of civil disobedience

everything good about society today was won by people who focused outwards, not inwards