38 quotes found
“We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the contrary ass...”
“I am pessimistic about the human race because it is too ingenious for its own good. Our approach to nature is to beat it into submission. We would stand a better chance of survival if we accommodat...”
“We risk losing what nature is if we couch its value in human terms.”
“There are many paths leading to a garden and many experiences awaiting those who venture in. No matter what your motivewhether to grow healthy, delicious food; spend time outdoors feeling more aliv...”
“One of humankind's most enduring misconceptions is that of nature's bounty... the belief that nature is such a powerful force that it is indestructible.”
“As a result of subduing the forces of nature with the tools that we invent, we find ourselves today at the point where the force of our tools has become a greater concern than the forces of nature.”
“There is no single concept of nature; it embraces everything that is fluid, changing, and mysterious. Ultimately, however, to know nature on earth is to live within it and to revere it in every way.”
“The planet, saved for another day, stokes upits slow-burning gases and toxic dust, gold rift and scarletgash that take our breath away; a world at its interminableshow of holy dying. And we go with...”
“Peace is a conscious choice.”
“Contrary to the ecologists, nature does not stand still and does not maintain the kind of equilibrium that guarantees the survival of any particular species - least of all the survival of her great...”
“Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.”
“We conceived of the planet as female, an all-giving Mother Nature, just as we conceived of the female body, infinitely alterable by and for man; we serve both ourselves and our hopes for the planet...”
“Hey, I said we don't carry weapons, I didn't say we couldn't defend ourselves." Captain Stanley Memphis, head of alien team disguised as pint-sized critters on a quest to learn if humans are savage...”
“In the end, what I've learned is that when it comes to this type of science, you really can't be arrogant and assume you know the answers. Arrogance by these companies and by the government is what...”
“A planet might deteriorate even if human beings existed upon it, if the society were itself abnormal and did not understand the importance of preserving the environment.""Surely," said Pelorat, "su...”
“The obligation to endure gives us the right to know.”
“most of the damage we cause to the planet is the result of our own ignorance.”
“I'm going to draw up a human-rights contract that says everyone on earth must agree we are here as caretakers of the planet, first and foremost.”
“What hurt him most of all, made him feel like a sick child aware of terrible wrongness and yet incapable of explaining it to anyone who might help, was that in spite of the evidence around them, in...”
“There are so many things we cant do anything about if we think about generalities. Things wont go well because there is a huge gap between the generalities and the particulars. If we see generaliti...”
