Quotes by Christian de Duve

“The living world has become impoverished. Species are being lost every day. Energy and other resources are nearing exhaustion. The environment is deteriorating. Pollution is everywhere. Climate is ...”

“life is either a reproducible, almost commonplace manifestation of matter, given certain conditions, or a miracle. Too many steps are involved to allow for something in between.”

“We have access to practical, ethical and scientifically established methods of birth control. So I think that is the most ethical way to reduce our population.”

“We know that once we stop learning and call ourselves learned, we become useless members of the scientific society.”

“The cost of our success is the exhaustion of natural resources, leading to energy crises, climate change, pollution, and the destruction of our habitat. If you exhaust natural resources, there will...”