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The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment for the…
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Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to humanity, every year.
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Biophilia: the innate pleasure from living abundance and diversity as manifested by the human impulse to imitate Nature with gardens.
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Let us see how high we can fly before the sun melts the wax in our wings. About the ambitious pursuit of…
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Biophilia, if it exists, and I believe it exists, is the innately emotional affiliation of human beings to other living organisms.
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Known as the biosphere to scientists and as the creation to theologians, all of life together consists of a membrane around earth…
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No one knows the diversity in the world, not even to the nearest order of magnitude. ... We don't know for sure…
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The cutting of primeval forest and other disasters, fueled by the demands of growing human populations, are the overriding threat to biological…
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The worst thing that will probably happen-in fact is already well underway-is not energy depletion, economic collapse, conventional war, or the expansion…
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Overall, the human brain is the most complex object known in the universe - known, that is, to itself.
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The time has come to link ecology to economic and human development. When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree,…
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[The natural world cleans water, pollinates plants and provides pharmaceuticals, among many other gifts.] Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to…
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...Good leaders wait to be called and they give up their power when they are no longer needed. Selfish men and fools…
— Kent Nerburn
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Youve got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even…
— Samantha Morton
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Nature first, then theory. Or, better, Nature and theory closely intertwined while you throw all your intellectual capital at the subject. Love…
— E. O. Wilson
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A new writer starting out today, whether it's for TV or film, they have to remember that they're telling the story to…
— Tony Grisoni
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The Vedanta teaches men to have faith in themselves first.
— Swami Vivekananda
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People who invariably put themselves first will find that others tend to put them last.
— Nido R Qubein
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Young players expose themselves to grave risks when they blindly imitate the innovations of masters without themselves first checking all the details…
— Alexander Alekhine
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People make a big mistake when they say, 'I need to be motivated.' You motivate yourself. I might inspire somebody, but that…
— Billy Mills
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It is we ourselves that we have to think about, no one else. That is the way the saints worked. They paid…
— Dorothy Day
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The most confident person in any transaction ALWAYS introduces themselves first.
— Ronald Reagan
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People constantly requesting government intervention are casting their problems at society. And, you know, there's no such thing as society. There are…
— Margaret Thatcher
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I used to tell moms that for the sake of their well-being they had to put themselves first. But I know now…
— Jillian Michaels
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