In the world of the Machiguenga, sadness could be equated with anger, and anger was a perilous emotion, by which a foreigner could lose his life.
Any foolish boy can stamp on a beetle, but all the professors in the world cannot make a beetle.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.
Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.
Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those that be sown in it in their times.
The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.
Maybe we're just falling stars, we once danced in the same skyline looking down at the world. And we've fallen like all others, from near and far, we've gathered together, but separated by time and sp...
It is childish to eat primarily or only to please your tongue.
Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.
If I wanna die I may be awesome that I fear nothing. So I can do anything in this earth. Cause I am about to die. And If I start to do anything in this earth, the worst can be, I will die. This is the...