Environment Quotes

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Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught. — Victoria Principal
When people align around shared political, social, economic or environmental values, and take collective action, thinking and behaviour that compromises the lives of millions of… — Simon Mainwaring
When you feel depressed, it helps to actively change your environment. Go and do something different. Martin Luther conquered his depression by going outside to… — R C Sproul
Birds ... are sensitive indicators of the environment, a sort of "ecological litmus paper," ... The observation and recording of bird populations over time lead… — Roger Tory Peterson
The scientific value of truth is not, however, ultimate or absolute. It rests partly on practical, partly on aesthetic interests. As our ideas are gradually… — George Santayana
Silence must be comprehended as not solely the absence of sound. It is the natural environment for serenity and contemplation. Life without silence is life… — Norman Cousins
Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature. — J. G. Holland
People generally think that it is the world, the environment, external relationships, which stand in one's way, in the way of ones' good fortune... and… — Soren Kierkegaard
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment. — Rene Dubos
You're in the midst of a war: a battle between the limits of a crowd seeking the surrender of your dreams, and the power of… — Tony Robbins
Even bigger machines, entailing even bigger concentrations of economic power and exerting ever greater violence against the environment, do not represent progress: they are a… — E F Schumacher
Presumably, technology has made man increasingly independent of his environment. But, in fact, technology has merely substituted nonrenewable resources for renewables, which is more an… — Herman E. Daly
This is a big deal. It's a fairly natural partnership; it shouldn't surprise people, ... We're working on bringing this network-is-the-computer, Net services environment. — Scott McNealy
The religious urge in man is not a mere passing phase in the history of his spiritual development, but the ultimate source of all his… — Muhammad Asad
The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment. — William Sloane Coffin
If man were relieved of all superstition, and all prejudice, and had replaced these with a keen sensitivity to his real environment, and moreover had… — Robert Breault
Twenty centuries of 'progress' have brought the average citizen a vote, a national anthem, a Ford, a bank account, and a high opinion of himself,… — Aldo Leopold
Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful. — Jane Goodall
Butterflies may be better indicators of the health of our environment than birds. — Roger Tory Peterson
Environmental extremists ... wouldn't let you build a house unless it looked like a bird's nest. — Ronald Reagan

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