"Our way of walking on the Earth has a great influence on animals and plants. We have killed so many animals and plants and destroyed their environments. Many are now extinct. In turn, our environment is now harming us. We are like sleepwalkers, not knowing what we are doing or where we are heading. Whether we can wake up or not depends on whether we can walk mindfully on our Mother Earth. The future of all life, including our own, depends on our mindful steps."
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Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese Buddhist monk, peace activist, and author. “The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology”, (2008) Ch. 1 : The Bells of Mindfulness, p. 3. Source: https://quotepark.com/quotes/1921057-thich-nhat-hanh-we-are-like-sleepwalkers-not-knowing-what-we-are/
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