Environmental quotes
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"There is a great need for the introduction of new values in our society, where bigger is not necessarily better, where slower can be faster, and where less can be more."
"People will always try to stop you from doing the right thing if it is unconventional."
"God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation."
"There can be no peace as long as there is grinding poverty, social injustice, inequality, oppression, environmental degradation, and as long as the weak and small continue to be trodden by the mighty and powerful."
"What is the environmental platform of the Republican party? I don't know either."
"The earth does not argue, Is not pathetic, has no arrangements, Does not scream, haste, persuade, threaten, promise, Makes no discriminations, has no conceivable failures, Closes nothing, refuses nothing, shuts none out."
"Out of all those millions and millions of planets floating around there in space, this is our planet, this is our little one, so we just got to be aware of it and take care of it."
"Maturation is the development from environmental support to self-support."
"The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders."
"Environmental degradation, overpopulation, refugees, narcotics, terrorism, world crime movements, and organized crime are worldwide problems that don't stop at a nation's borders."
"You may think your actions are meaningless and that they won't help, but that is no excuse, you must still act."
"My soul has grown deep like the rivers."
"The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of our planet."
"Professionalism is environmental. Amateurism is anti environmental. Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development of the total awareness of the individual and the critical awareness of the ground rules of society. The amateur can afford to loose."
"Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, set you free, and call forth every faculty into vigorous, enthusiastic action."
"If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman."
"Everything in nature is resurrection."
"Dripping water hollows out a stone"
"Be gentle with the earth."
"The most powerful natural species are those that adapt to environmental change without losing their fundamental identity which gives them their competitive advantage."
