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> [We ourselves are part of a guild of species that lie within and without our bodies. Aboriginal peoples and the Ayurvedic practitioners…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/we-ourselves-are-part-of-a-guild-of-species-that-lie-within-and/)

[Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/)

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> [If there is a species which is more maltreated than children, then it must be their toys, which they handle in an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baudrillard/if-there-is-a-species-which-is-more-maltreated-than-children-then-it/)

[Jean Baudrillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-baudrillard/)

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> [“Nonetheless, gazing out the train window at a random sample of the Western world, I could not avoid noticing a kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-narby/nonetheless-gazing-out-the-train-window-at-a-random-sample-of-the/)

[Jeremy Narby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-narby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b99/jeremy-narby-31798_fitness_nonetheless-gazing-out-the-train-window_686954.jpg)

> [Human beings any one of us, and our species as a whole are not all-important, not at the center of the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mckibben/human-beings-any-one-of-us-and-our-species-as-a-whole-are-not-all/)

[Bill McKibben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mckibben/)

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> [“...human beings as a species have never failed to find reasons to regard one another with fear and loathing and thus to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kirsch/human-beings-as-a-species-have-never-failed-to-find-reasons-to-regard/)

[Jonathan Kirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kirsch/)

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> [The scariest animal is without doubt human beings. We are the only species that decimates the very environment that we require to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-backshall/the-scariest-animal-is-without-doubt-human-beings-we-are-the-only/)

[Steve Backshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-backshall/)

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> [Human beings are the only species that deliberately deprive themselves of sleep for no apparent gain. Many people walk through their lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/human-beings-are-the-only-species-that-deliberately-deprive/)

[Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56b/matthew-walker-9547_human_human-beings-are-the-only-species-that-d_1461051.jpg)

> [...human beings are a species splendid in their array of moral equipment, tragic in their propensity to misuse it, and pathetic in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wright/human-beings-are-a-species-splendid-in-their-array-of-moral-equipment/)

[Robert Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wright/)

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