Cláudia Azevedo

“The only way to know yourself is to be, which means to forget all that you think you are. In the Bible, God says, “Be still and know that I am God.” This is what I mean by simply ‘be.’ This statement could easily, without loss, be reduced to, “Be still and know,” or just “Be still,” or, as we have just said, “Be.” Being is knowing, knowing is stillness, and this still knowing, which is being without limit, some people call God.”
― Albert Low, Zen: Talks, Stories and Commentaries

“awareness is itself a solvent. Simply allowing a thought, idea, anxiety or compulsion to rest within the field of awareness will dissolve that thought, idea and so on.”
― Albert Low, Zen: Talks, Stories and Commentaries

“agricultural production has lost all its autonomy in the major industrialized nations and as part of a global economy. It is no longer the principal sector of the economy, nor even a sector characterized by any distinctive features (aside from underdevelopment). Even though local and regional features from the time when agricultural production dominated haven’t entirely disappeared, it has been changed into a form of industrial production, having become subordinate to its demands, subject to its constraints. Economic growth and industrialization have become self-legitimating, extending their effects to entire territories, regions, nations, and continents. As a result, the traditional unit typical of peasant life, namely the village, has been transformed. Absorbed or obliterated by larger units, it has become an integral part of industrial production and consumption.”
― Henri Lefebvre, The Urban Revolution

“Knowledge climbs hills, wisdom moves mountains.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo