Our environmental problems originate in the hubris of imagining ourselves as the central nervous system or the brain of nature. We're not the brain, we are a cancer on nature.

Quote by Dave Foreman

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Our environmental problems originate in the hubris of imagining ourselves as the central nervous system...

Our environmental problems originate in the hubris of imagining ourselves as the central nervous system...

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Don't blow it, good planets are hard to find.

Don't blow it, good planets are hard to find.

We will look upon the earth and her sister planets as being with us, not...

We will look upon the earth and her sister planets as being with us, not...

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense...

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense...

We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyones arguing over where...

We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyones arguing over where...

I love the environment, but I'm cheap on the environment.

I love the environment, but I'm cheap on the environment.

We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyones arguing over where...

We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyones arguing over where...

The surrounding environment is the best erudite master to teach us the fundamental laws of...

The surrounding environment is the best erudite master to teach us the fundamental laws of...

A fire scene is very fragile, especially in a tropical environment. You've got to get...

A fire scene is very fragile, especially in a tropical environment. You've got to get...

In today's environment, hoarding knowledge ultimately erodes your power. If you know something very important,...

In today's environment, hoarding knowledge ultimately erodes your power. If you know something very important,...

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop...

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop...

We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth...

We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth...

The way you can go to Paris or Beijing and everywhere there's a McDonald's hamburger,...

The way you can go to Paris or Beijing and everywhere there's a McDonald's hamburger,...

First of all I like John Kerry. I think he's intellectually curious and very thoughtful....

First of all I like John Kerry. I think he's intellectually curious and very thoughtful....

This fight against drilling in the Arctic Refuge is a fight about our principles. Its...

This fight against drilling in the Arctic Refuge is a fight about our principles. Its...

Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends...

Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends...

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you...

Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you...

To be a well-favored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

To be a well-favored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

In every problem there is a hidden treasure inside. It's your job to find it.

In every problem there is a hidden treasure inside. It's your job to find it.