Living Systems Quotes

14 quotes by 13 authors

There are living systems; there is no living "matter." No substance, no single molecule, extracted and isolated from a living being possess, of its own,… — Jacques Monod
We can begin by doing small things at the local level, like planting community gardens or looking out for our neighbors. That is how change… — Grace Lee Boggs
Man's health and well-being depends upon, among many things, the proper functioning of the myriad proteins that participate in the intricate synergisms of living systems. — Stanford Moore
Molecular biology has shown that even the simplest of all living systems on the earth today, bacterial cells, are exceedingly complex objects. Although the tiniest… — Michael Denton
We are losing our living systems, social systems, cultural systems, governing systems, stability, and our constitutional health, and we're surrendering it all at the same… — Paul Hawken
The urge to explore has propelled evolution since the first water creatures reconnoitered the land. Like all living systems, cultures cannot remain static; they evolve… — Buzz Aldrin
Development which has no regard for whom or what it harms is not development. It is the opposite of progress, damaging the Earth's capacity to… — George Monbiot
So many of the chemical reactions occurring in living systems have been shown to be catalytic processes occurring isothermally on the surface of specific proteins,… — John Desmond Bernal
Self-production: the characteristic of living systems to continuously renew themselves and to regulate this process in such a way that the integrity of their structure… — Margaret J. Wheatley
It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and… — Gregory Bateson
Living systems are never in equilibrium. They are inherently unstable. They may seem stable, but theyâ€™re not. Everything is moving and changing. In a sense,… — Michael Crichton
Most people have forgotten how to live with living creatures, with living systems and that, in turn, is the reason why man, whenever he comes… — Konrad Lorenz
This spontaneous emergence of order at critical points of instability, which is often referred to simply as "emergence," is one of the hallmarks of life.… — Fritjof Capra
Commercial institutions, proud of their achievements, do not see that healthy living systems - clean air and water, healthy soil, stable climates - are integral… — Paul Hawken

Who Wrote These Living Systems Quotes

13 authors contributed a total of 14 Living Systems Quotes as follows: