Atheism Quote by Bertrand Russell

Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself . . . When…

— Bertrand Russell

The transformation of environment has become the purpose of human life; life seems real only insofar as it deals with things.

— Rudolf Christoph Eucken

Much of living is an attempt to preserve oneself by annexing and occupying others.

— Janet Frame

As the ongoing industrial crusade to turn all earthly life to commercial purpose relentlessly impoverishes the biosphere and human culture, our living images of…

— Stephanie Mills

“But surely the idea that one might slip away unseen and take up another life is nearly universal. Is there anything more fundamentally human…

— Jennifer Finney Boylan

To create a world in which life can flourish and prosper we must replace the values and institutions of capitalism with values and institutions…

— David Korten

“Over recent decades we have come from dwelling in another world in which the living works of nature either predominated or were near at…

— Florence Williams

We are grossly wasting our energy resources and other precious raw materials as though their supply were infinite. We must even face the prospect…

— Jimmy Carter

All life produces waste. The act of living produces costs, hazards and disposal questions, and so the (Environment) Ministry has found itself in the…

— Paolo Bacigalupi

When individuals are established in universal consciousness, they live the scientific reality of the unity of life spontaneously in accord with all the laws…

— John Hagelin

Life is the will to power; our natural desire to dominate and reshape the world to fit our own preferences and assert our personal…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.

— Max Lerner