Crisis Quote by Edward O. Wilson

The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it…

— E. O. Wilson

“Mankind, as history tells us over and over again, seeks the least painful solution and, as a result, ends up exchanging one problem for…

— Gyan Nagpal

“And humanism—that transcendent vision that spans centuries and religions in its celebration of reason, responsibility, art, and examined lives—has been tossed out like old…

— Jean Hegland

“As far as the welfare of every other living form on earth was concerned, the human project was not just a failure, it was…

— Ian McEwan

“Civilization is always threatened from below, by patterns of belief and emotion that may once have been useful to our ancestors, but that are…

— Roger Scruton

“We have got some very big problems confronting us and let us not make any mistake about it, human history in the future is…

— Robert James Brown

“Through all the years of considered opinion and thoughtful contribution that offers to explain the human condition, we are yet to see evidence of…

— Steve Carlsson

“For all the successes of Western civilization, the world paid a dear price in terms of the most crucial component of existence - the…

— Eben Alexander

“Humanity badly needs things that are big and fearsome and homicidally wild. Counterintuitive as it may seem, we need to preserve those few remaining…

— David Quammen

A united humanity will be able to confront the many troubling problems of the present time: from the menace of terrorism to the humiliating…

— Pope Benedict XVI

“Raw humanity offends our sensibilities.”

— Barbara Lazear Ascher

“Humanity is still much more a means than an end. It is the type: the human race is merely the test material, the vast…

— Friedrich Nietzsche