Devastation Quote by Ernest Becker Download Open image “Ecological devastation is the excrement, so to speak, of man's power worship.” — Ernest Becker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Devastation Ecological Environmental Men Pollution Speak Worship
Our destruction of nature is not just bad stewardship, or stupid economics, or a betrayal of family responsibility; it is the most horrid blasphemy.… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The seriousness of ecological degradation lays bare the depth of man's moral crisis... Simplicity, moderation, and discipline as well as the spirit of sacrifice… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
It is not man the ecological crisis threatens to destroy but the quality of human life. — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
“The earth, which we all have in common, is our deepest bond, and our behavior toward it cannot help but be an earnest of… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Man will survive as a species for one reason: He can adapt to the destructive effects of our power-intoxicated technology and of our ungoverned… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
I don't think a worship of nature is necessary to mount a really strong defense of the environment. — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
Every time we consume meat, eggs or dairy foods, we contribute to ecological devastation and the wasteful misuse of resources on a global scale. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Through the power which we win over the forces of nature we get also a gruesome kind of power over our fellow human beings.… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
It is a fact that the ecological devastation of the planet can be traced to the consumption of meat and dairy, which contributes to… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
The recent upsurge of public concern over environmental questions reflects a belated recognition that man has been too cavalier in his relations with nature.… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“the characteristics the modern mind prides itself on are precisely those of madness.” — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“When we are young we are often puzzled by the fact that each person we admire seems to have a different version of what… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
Relationship is thus always slavery of a kind, which leaves a residue of guilt. — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“neurosis as a problem of character and have seen that it can be approached in two ways: as a problem of too much narrowness… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must open a wedge into neutral nature, we already understand… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
What is the ideal for mental health, then? A lived, compelling illusion that does not lie about life, death, and reality; one honest enough… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“This is one of the reasons for bigotry and censorship of all kinds over personal morality: people fear that the standard morality will be… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“Civilized" society is a hopeful belief and protest that science, money and goods make man count for more than any other animal. In this… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
We might say that psychoanalysis revealed to us the complex penalties of denying the truth of man's condition, what we might call the costs… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“Understanding this, Rank could take a great step beyond Freud. Freud thought that modern man’s moral dependence on another was a result of the… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“The world of human aspiration is largely fictitious and if we do not understand this we understand nothing about man.” — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
As far as I know, the question of whether and how it could be strategically or morally justified was never the subject of open… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Talent? That's not talent. Talent is Liza Minnelli tap dancing and singing at the same time. What I just saw was devastation. Dying man… — Tiffanie DeBartolo Copy Share Image
These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich, as their country is impoverished; they rejoice, when obstinacy or ambition… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Promoting the use of sustainable and renewable rainforest products can help to stop rainforest devastation. The rainforests are much more valuable alive than cut… — Chris Kilham Copy Share Image
This is the great truth life has to teach us ... that gratification of our individual desires and expression of our personal preferences without… — Hortense Odlum Copy Share Image
As you look back in history, we [the United States] have done wonderful things, the Marshal Plan is the most obvious. After World War… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
To appeal to contemporary man to revert, in this twentieth century, to a pagan-like nature worship in order to restrain technology from further encroachment… — Norman Lamm Copy Share Image
Instead of agitating for war, the Jewish groups in this country should be opposing it in every possible way, for they will be among… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
PERFORMING TRIBUTE 9/11 shows the heroism of people who have chosen to respond to devastation and hatred with quiet determination and a belief that… — Michael Arad Copy Share Image
“I am back in my beloved city. The scene of desolation fills my eyes with tears. At every step my distress and agitation increases.… — Khushwant Singh Copy Share Image
Man's destiny was to conquer and rule the world, and this is what he's done.. almost. He hasn't quite made it, and it looks… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
Even in the midst of devastation, something within us always points the way to freedom. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
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