If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed [and] if we are not willing [to change], we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.

Quote by Jacques Cousteau

Topics: Earth Quotes, Humanity Quotes

The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off...

The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off...

What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole,...

What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole,...

The Earth is the Cradle of the Mind -- but one cannot eternally live in...

The Earth is the Cradle of the Mind -- but one cannot eternally live in...

In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is...

In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is...

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change,...

The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change,...

The best investment on earth is earth.

The best investment on earth is earth.

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only...

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only...

We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So...

We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So...

We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So...

We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So...

It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth...

It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth...

And among His Signs Is the creation of the heavens And the earth, and the...

And among His Signs Is the creation of the heavens And the earth, and the...

The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. From it we...

The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. From it we...

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our...

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our...

A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which...

A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which...

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

In a sense, each of us is an island. In another sense, however, we are...

In a sense, each of us is an island. In another sense, however, we are...

Every Winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down...

Every Winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down...

The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of...

The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of...

Take what you can use and let the rest go by

Take what you can use and let the rest go by

May slavery be banished forever together with the distinction between castes, all remaining equal, so...

May slavery be banished forever together with the distinction between castes, all remaining equal, so...