Assertion Quote by Colin Tudge

“Over the last few weeks, some newsgroups have been full of tales of war and battle fleets, of billions dying in the clash of…

— Vernor Vinge

By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.

— Albert Schweitzer

“The other important thing to understand is that as humans we see only a segment of reality in the greater cosmic scheme of things,…

— Karen Kingston

Were it only to learn benevolence to humankind, we should be merciful to other creatures.

— Plutarch

It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.

— St. Jerome

I believe that consistently we need to look for good, and not for evil, that when we look for evil we call up evil,…

— Madeleine L'Engle

“Yes, we humans are more than merely biological creatures. We appreciate beauty, we struggle with ethical conflicts, and we strive to make sense of…

— Steven J. Dick

“[The Universe] does not care, and even with all our science there are some disasters that we can not avert. All evil and good…

— Vernor Vinge

We're under some gross misconception that we're a good species, going somewhere important, and that at the last minute we'll correct our errors and…

— Farley Mowat

...if you were designing an organism to look after life in our lonely cosmos, to monitor where it is going and keep a record…

— Bill Bryson

[It is] useful to know the laws of nature - for that enables us to obey them. To act otherwise would be to rise…

— Adolf Hitler

We have not only the right, but a specific duty, to honestly and unflinchingly look at all aspects of our world, both the one…

— Michael Light