Quote by Alan W. Watts

Man, biologically considered ... is simply the most formidable of all beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its…

— William James

Man, biologically considered, and whatever else he may be in the bargain, is simply the most formidable of all the beasts of prey, and,…

— William James

Nature is upheld by antagonism.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“human beings were a part of the complex system of interactions among living organisms that made up an ecosystem, rather than apart from it…

— Scott Wallace

“The rules that govern competition between species are (and must be) very different from the rules that govern competition within species.”

— Daniel Quinn

If humans fight the last war, nature fights the next one.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Defending nature is defending our existence!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Nature uses extraordinarily ingenious techniques to avoid conflict and competition, and that cooperation is extraordinarily widespread throughout all of nature

— Joseph Addison

The most irrevocable of [natures] laws says that a species cannot occupy a niche that appropriates all resources--there has to be some sharing. Any…

— Janine Benyus

To the mind which looks not to general results in the economy of Nature, the earth may seem to present a scene of perpetual…

— William Buckland

It is together that we will be able to save our biodiversity. This is a principle of effectiveness. But it is also a principle…

— Albert II, Prince of Monaco

Why fight the 'natural' (oh, weaselly word!) order of things? Why? Because of this--one fine day, a purely predatory world shall consume itself. In…

— David Mitchell