Planet/ Earth quotes by Sadhguru
We have the technology, resource & capability to address every issue on the planet. The only thing missing is inclusive consciousness
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There’re enough beautiful things in this planet and in this existence, if you paid enough attention, you would become wordless. But a whole lot of people thrive on words because they have never paid enough attention to anything
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In my experience I am the richest person on the planet. Maybe I don’t have a bank balance but I own the whole cosmos within myself in my experience. I have the richest experience of life and this is importantLife Philosophy Witty Perspective
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History is replete with many events where individual leaders because of their insight and their commitment, have changed the course of what happens on this planet. At the same time, there are also many disastrous events on the planet when leaders operated without the necessary insight and did things which caused enormous disasters on this planet
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Sun came up on time today morning. None of the planets in this solar system collided today. In the whole universe no accidents, in this endless cosmos no accidents, everything going great but you have one nasty little thought crawling in your head and it's a bad day, you've completely lost perception with life
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In search of wellbeing, we have done all kinds of insane things on this planet, but wellbeing has not happened. If wellbeing is what you seek, in is the only way out.Freedom Spirituality Well being
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Every worm, every insect, every animal is working for the ecological wellbeing of the planet. Only we humans, who claim to be the most intelligent species here, are not doing that
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We are the only creature on the planet which has the freedom to shape its own life. It's this freedom which human beings are suffering. If one is suffering bondages then it's not a problem. If one is suffering freedom then it's a disasterFreedom Life Humanity Suffering
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What you call as “myself” is just a pop-up on this planet and it will pop out one day
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The body is a loan from this planet. If you have done something wonderful out of this, when the time comes to pay back, you will pay joyfully
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The world is hungry not because there is no food. There is more food than the 7.2 billion people on the planet can eat. It is just that those who need it do not get it, because one way or the other, those who have the power and the means have not cared enough to do something about it
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Our pursuit of the comforts is so vigorous that the very life of the planet is being threatened. Yet, it cannot be said that we are any happier than our forefathers. This is because people are trying to create an outwardly perfect life. But the quality of our lives is based upon our interiority.
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Life Quotes
You have left your lives in the hands of the planets and stars. This kind of “let go” will let you down
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The way human beings are consuming food is costing all other life forms on the planet immensely. Conscious consumption is an important and urgent step towards a sustainable future
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Your life is not an individual existence. What you exhale, the trees are inhaling; what the trees exhale, you are inhaling. If this was in everyone’s experience, would we have to tell you to plant and protect trees?
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Our idea of human importance has to change. We are just another life form on the planet
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Every creature on the planet holds its life phenomenally precious, not just human beings.
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For human life to flourish, all other life forms on the planet also need to flourish
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The best thing we can do for every other life on this planet is to reduce human reproduction
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Human beings trying to be comfortable are just burning up the whole planet, If people were comfortable where they are they would have only done what is needed, they wouldn't have done life in excess
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One reason for uncontrolled human population is a gross idea that the planet is made only for human beings. We need to understand that every creature on this planet has a complete life of its own & has an equally important role to play on the planet.
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We have disrupted nature to a point where even breeding cycles of birds are disturbed. We are rapidly making this planet inhospitable to life forms. We need to act NOW to revive our water and river systems.
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Unsustainable living inspired by imperialistic conquest mode needs to make way for an all-inclusive vision. Life upon this planet or the universe is not Human centric
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Oceans are the salty sauce that keep life balance of this planet. Preserving them in all their pristine glory is must
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Life upon this planet isn't human-centric.. worms & insects, birds & animals are far more important than human beings
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People are identified with their creed, religion, and nationality. But the most fundamental identity is that you are a piece of this planet. The very body that you carry is a piece of this planet and half your lungs are hanging out there on the tree
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The first life form on this planet originated in water. Oceans have been the basis of our existence because all life has essentially come from the ocean. May we realize & nurture this immense force.
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Nature Quotes
If all the seven billion people on the planet find access to the comforts and conveniences that an average American citizen has, we would need four and a half planets to sustain us. But we have only one. We are surviving only because there is a disproportionate situation.
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I think it’s absolutely ridiculous and humiliating that a human being has to be brought up. You bring up cattle, okay? You don’t bring up a human being. A human being is supposed to blossom by his own nature. That is why he’s on the top of the pile, at least on this planet, in the evolutionary scale
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There are no disasters in nature, we are the only disaster on this planet, if we fix that one thing, everything is going to be okay
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We are behaving as if we are the last generation on the planet. We need to remind ourselves that we are just baton carriers, and we owe it to the next generation to hand over this planet at least as it was handed over to us.
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We need to understand that if we want to live well, the planet has to be well
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The planet has enormous capability to recoup from the damage that it goes through, but for that to happen, we have to allow a certain amount of time. Either we consciously handle this or Mother Earth will do it for us in a cruel manner.
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The human species is an outcrop of this planet. The damage we do to this planet, we do to ourselves. It is in the hands of this generation to turn this disastrous situation around
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Right now, the most important aspect of conserving nature is the soil. If we do not stop soil degradation, the planet will not be conducive for human beings to live upon it.
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The planet is for all of us and we cannot exist here by ourselves. We are living here because of the natural process that is happening, not because of our economic activity.
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It is not because of us that the planet is there. It is because of the planet, we are there
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You don't need humility to handle the planet gently. You just need a little more wisdom, an understanding that the resources you are using are limited. There are no unlimited resources on the planet.
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We are living in a time when we have to think of protecting the things which have always nurtured us. The planet always took care of us, but for the first time in the history of humanity, we have to protect this planet which has nourished thousands of generations of human beings
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If, every moment of our lives, we are conscious that it is human beings who need Earth and not the other way around, every day will be Earth Day.
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In the last hundred and fifty years, we have done too many things on the planet. In spite of that, are human beings any happier than what they were a hundred years ago? Comfort has come like never before, but wellbeing has not come.
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The way we are treating half the humanity on the planet, it looks like we are hell's angels... we have left a large part of the human population in physical pain. Pain of hunger, disease, and injury.
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The world is going on only because of the unfortunate people in the world- that half of the population who are hungry and living under trees or bridges. If everybody on the planet becomes "fortunate", the world will end in ten or fifteen years' time.
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If all the insects on the planet die, life on this planet has a little more than twenty years before everything disappears. If the worms on this planet die tomorrow morning., the life upon this planet has only eight years left. But if you and I disappear, the planet will flourish
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In our mind, we think the life upon this planet is human-centric. But in natural terms, the worms, insects, birds, and animals are far more important than human beings. We as human beings have become the controlling power, so we are beginning to think that we are the most important life.
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Nations must have the courage, and the religions of the world must have the sense to see that increasing the population is going to be a disaster for all of us - for every creature on the planet, not just for humanity.
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Anything that is beyond survival doesn’t open up for you unless you strive. All the religions, spiritual traditions on the planet are just this striving. Unfortunately over a period of time transmitting it from generation to generation, things get twisted out & end up being just a heap of rituals & belief systems
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Instead of trying to be right, why don't people try to be sensible? We need some sense on the planet.
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If you constantly remember that you are mortal, you will walk gently and sensibly upon this planet
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The only thing that needs to be fixed on this planet is human beings. Everything else is fine. Isn’t it so?
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everything that we learn to do, we don’t have to do. This is the source of destruction on this planet. Everything we are capable of doing we must do because we are still juvenile. As a humanity we’ve not matured in our minds.
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A time is fast approaching where spirituality will become a necessity, just for even simple survival, spiritual process will become a necessity on this planet. We are getting there very fast
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All education on the planet, if you ask me, is fascist, because it’s all about enslaving people to serve the needs of whatever a few people are thinking. They’re not even thinking straight, they don’t even know. They are also slaves of the same system.
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People in the city want to plant trees but where is the land for them to plant a tree? It is only the farmer who can plant trees at the scale it is needed because farmers are the biggest land owners. Without engaging the farmer, you cannot increase tree cover in the country.
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The only sustainable way to hold water on the land in a tropical country is by putting enough vegetation on the land. If the soil is rich with organic matter from plant & animal waste, it will recharge ground and river water
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If twenty-five leaders on the planet make up their mind, we can make sure that everybody is eating enough. Every child can go to bed with a full stomach. It does not take decades to do it – it can be done in a matter of two years
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Even to think of a Planet B is shameful. Even if there is a Planet B, we should never step on it because of what we have done to Planet A. Reducing human population should become a priority for world leaders
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The most destructive human idea has been that all creatures on the planet have been created to serve human beings. This has been the basis of all ecological destruction
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If we want humanity to enjoy the fruits of science and technology rather than using them to destroy the entire planet, the most important thing that needs to be done right now is raising human consciousnessBeing human Spirituality Consciousness
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When you eat, you take in a part of the earth. How we treat the planet is how we treat our own bodies
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Good intentions have messed up the planet for long enough. What we need is a willingness to move from personal ambition to a larger vision, from a narrow understanding of well-being to a more inclusive one
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With technology, we have taken death into our hands. It's time to take birth too in our hands & address irresponsible reproduction, one of the biggest challenges of our times, to save the planet
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This is our time on this planet. What are we going to do? Are we going to make this into an exuberant, joyful, wonderful planet, or are we going to make this into a miserable, horrible one? We are free to do this either way – the choice is yours.
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In pursuit of human wellbeing, we have ripped the planet apart, not knowing the only way to wellbeing is to dig deeper into ourselves.
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Without bringing in the dimension of spirituality that brings an experience of all-inclusiveness in individuals, modern technology will surely bring destruction, not just to humanity, but to the planet itselfHumanity Inclusiveness Spirituality
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The world is not peaceful only because human beings are not peaceful. Once individuals are peaceful on this planet, you don't have to do anything to make the planet peaceful.
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Living on a planet with limited resources, if the engine of economics drives our lives, war is inevitable, peace is impossible.
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In pursuit of happiness, we have ripped the planet apart, but still we are not any happier. It is time to stop and look, because all human experience happens within you, not outside of you
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If we care at all about the generations that will inhabit this planet after us, we must address desertification with urgency; with policy changes & concerted global action. Let's make it happen.
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With all our technology, we can't create a fistful of fertile Soil. Yet, it's the human footprint that's destroying the planet's soil.
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The only thing that needs some fixing is human beings. If you fix this one species, this is a beautiful world
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If you just manage to live to complete seven solar cycles and one-thousand-and-eight lunar cycles, then you can break a certain bond with the earth. Your bond with the planet is broken largely. And very easily, with very little assistance, even if you know nothing about anything, with very little assistance, you can go beyond the cycles of birth and death
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As a generation of people, we have taken the largest bite off the planet compared to any other generation in the history of humanity.
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We cannot cap human activity because that will amount to capping human aspirations. We can only cap human population - the only solution for a sustainable planet.
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Over exploitation of natural resources, especially of land and water, by one species in one generation has disturbed the entire biodiversity of the planet. Conscious living & slowing down human population growth are the only ways to avert this silent, looming danger
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We need to rethink how we clothe ourselves, how we create our homes, how we do our agriculture and industry. Otherwise it’ll become very hard to live on this planet for future generations
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When people & organizations with a sense of inclusiveness are empowered with necessary resources, the resultant action is guaranteed to be in the well-being of all & the planet. It is for this reason, historically, that spirituality and philanthropy went hand in handInclusiveness Spirituality Well being
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It's time to create a situation where the world’s youth are focused & balanced to make this planet a better place to live in
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Every other creature on the planet is eco-friendly. Only we human beings need to learn to live consciously
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Being alive is the greatest phenomenon, not just on this planet, but in the whole cosmos.
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All the problems on the planet can essentially be reduced to one thing: misaligned human beings, misaligned with all there Is.
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If a certain percentage of population turns inward, the quality of life on this planet bound to change.
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If we create a wave of consciousness in the world, saving the planet will be a natural consequence.
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Today, we are seeking happiness so vigorously that the very life of the planet is being threatened. Don't be in pursuit of happiness. Know how to express your happiness in the world.
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Spirituality is no longer a fancy pursuit. It is an absolute necessity for our own, and the planet's survival, that every human being brings in the spiritual dimension into his life. Self-destruction is a live threat unless some sense of oneness touches people, especially the leadership on the planet.
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In the process of creating what we want, in pursuit of our happiness, we are just destroying the very source of our life, this planet; we are making a bonfire out of it. But still, we are not satisfied
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Only if citizens and leaders invest themselves in long-term planetary well-being can we create a Conscious Planet.
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The alarming speed at which Wetlands, the most valuable & bio-diverse ecosystems on the planet, are disappearing is alarming. Let us reverse this unfolding disaster when we still can
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If you plant a tree, you are making a statement that you care for the world, the people, and life on the planet, beyond yourself.
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Adiyogi predates all religion. He can become a unifying phenomenon on the planet.
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Being a creature on the planet means the hand of the Creator has touched you. There is no better blessing.
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It is time we choose quality over quantity in our lives, in every sense. Only then we can save the planet.
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This aspiration that you want your nation to be a superpower is very silly and childish, and has caused immense damage to the planet
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Concerted global action is needed to reverse soil degradation caused by compulsive human activity. This requires policy changes by governments. This is the best time to restructure our economy & ecology for planetary wellbeing.
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Desertification is an ecological disaster unfolding silently across the planet. The problem may appear complex; the solution is simple: enriching soil with organic content from trees and animal waste.
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Soil is the most important ingredient of the ecology. Distressed soil across the planet, especially in agrarian economies, has put our food & water security at great risk. Revitalizing degraded land is the most urgent need of the hour
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I’m trying to increase the percentage of ecstatic people on the planet. You are my hope
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Wildlife is an integral & inseparable part of the planet. Their survival is paramount for the survival & growth of every life upon this planet
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One generation of human beings & their activities have put the most important creatures of the planet on the verge of extinction. This is a silent & the gravest threat unfolding before us
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The planet is losing 24 billion tonnes of fertile soil a year. Time to bring back tree cover & cattle on our agricultural land
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There hasn't been a single day's break in fighting since 1945. Some battle has been going on somewhere or the other on the planet. This is a clear declaration by human beings that the way we are right now, we are incapable of being peaceful
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It is unfortunate that today the most predominant factor that rules the planet is economics. The other aspects of life have been totally pushed to the corner.
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We have enjoyed the bounty of what this planet had offered us, but we have lived so blatantly in the last hundred years that time has come when the just-born infant has to talk about the mother's wellbeing, not the other way around
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If we carry on the way we are going right now, it is a disastrous path and the planet is in for a very serious turndown in the way it functions.
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Everybody who breathes on this planet must plant a tree because a tree is not an outside entity. what you inhale they exhale, what we exhale they inhale. This relationship is something that we cannot do without
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