--- title: "12 Natural Systems Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 12 Natural Systems quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Natural Systems sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/lester-r-brown-14706_earth_our-numbers-expand-but-earth-s-natural-s_569691.png" --- > [Our numbers expand, but Earth's natural systems do not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-r-brown/our-numbers-expand-but-earth-s-natural-systems-do-not/) [Lester R. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-r-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/lester-r-brown-14706_earth_our-numbers-expand-but-earth-s-natural-s_569691.png) > [“...we need to remind ourselves that natural systems are much more finely tuned than we think, and if we like the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-jacobsen/we-need-to-remind-ourselves-that-natural-systems-are-much-more-finely/) [Rowan Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-jacobsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/rowan-jacobsen-274674_ecology_we-need-to-remind-ourselves-that-natural_1560238.jpg) > [By employing the intelligence of natural systems we can create industry, buildings, even regional plans that see nature and commerce not as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-pitt/by-employing-the-intelligence-of-natural-systems-we-can-create/) [Brad Pitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-pitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c57/brad-pitt-1608_building_by-employing-the-intelligence-of-natural_615852.jpg) > [If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-suzuki/if-we-pollute-the-air-water-and-soil-that-keep-us-alive-and-well-and/) [David Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c2/david-suzuki-1744_air_if-we-pollute-the-air-water-and-soil-tha_135397.jpg) > [Rapid population growth and technological innovation, combined with our lack of understanding about how the natural systems of which we are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-suzuki/rapid-population-growth-and-technological-innovation-combined-with/) [David Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/david-suzuki-1744_art-work_rapid-population-growth-and-technologica_2168484.jpg) > [Eating wildlife is probably not the smartest thing that we can do in terms of maintaining the integrity of natural systems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/eating-wildlife-is-probably-not-the-smartest-thing-that-we-can-do-in/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/sylvia-earle-1756_animals_eating-wildlife-is-probably-not-the-smar_1403309.jpg) > [We have the capacity to alter the nature of nature. No, we don't have just the capacity - we are altering the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/we-have-the-capacity-to-alter-the-nature-of-nature-no-we-don-t-have/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/sylvia-earle-1756_capacity_we-have-the-capacity-to-alter-the-nature_2503971.jpg) > [In the past few decades, Earth's natural systems have endured more pressure than in all preceding human history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/in-the-past-few-decades-earth-s-natural-systems-have-endured-more/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/184/sylvia-earle-1756_decades_in-the-past-few-decades-earth-s-natural_1700113.jpg) > [It is science that brings us an understanding of the true complexity of natural systems. The insights from the science of ecology…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-goode/it-is-science-that-brings-us-an-understanding-of-the-true-complexity/) [Jamie Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-goode/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de6/jamie-goode-77894_approach_it-is-science-that-brings-us-an-understa_1525493.jpg) > [There are a lot of human-created systems that we like to tout as being logical that are actually riddled with illogic. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/there-are-a-lot-of-human-created-systems-that-we-like-to-tout-as/) [Jeff Vandermeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/jeff-vandermeer-1366_being_there-are-a-lot-of-human-created-systems_1579821.png) > [We believe that climate change must be viewed not only as a danger to natural systems, but also as a direct threat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maumoon-abdul-gayoom/we-believe-that-climate-change-must-be-viewed-not-only-as-a-danger-to/) [Maumoon Abdul Gayoom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maumoon-abdul-gayoom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/996/maumoon-abdul-gayoom-261433_believe_we-believe-that-climate-change-must-be-v_594303.jpg) > [I see the day in our own lifetime that reverence for the natural systems, the oceans, the rainforests, the soil, the grasslands,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-brown/i-see-the-day-in-our-own-lifetime-that-reverence-for-the-natural/) [Jerry Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/jerry-brown-7257_economics_i-see-the-day-in-our-own-lifetime-that-r_2707306.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/natural-systems/#itemlist", "name": "Natural Systems Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our numbers expand, but Earth's natural systems do not.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lester R. 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