Consequence Quote by Frank Herbert Download Open image “The highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences” — Frank Herbert ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Consequence Ecology Environment Function Highest Learning Natural environment Nature Understanding
Ecology should be object lessons that the world sees, that explains in a visceral, physical way, the attributes of God. — Joel Salatin 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
When you don't take into account the way ecological systems work, then you do damage. — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, the vocabulary, which was previously so rich in describing the nuances of nature, has severely diminished over the past decades. As the words… — Morten A. Strøksnes Copy Share Image
“Only the man’s greed and scientific development is responsible for earth’s degradation of environment and ecology.” — Dr. Ashok Anand Copy Share Image
... the ecological problem of our times demands a radical reevaluation of how we see the entire world; it demands a different interpretation of… — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople Copy Share Image
As a word, ecology has been so debased by recent political usage that many people employ it to identify anything good that happens far… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
The most profound and serious indication of the moral implications underlying the ecological problem is the lack of respect for life evident in many… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Early ecologists soon realised that, since humans are organisms, ecology should include the study of the relationship between humans and the rest of the… — Richard Heinberg Copy Share Image
“Man aspires to govern nature, but the more one studies ecology, the more absurd it seems to speak of any one feature of an… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
“A leader, you see, is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“I will tell you this only once. Homosexuals have been among the best warriors in our history, the berserkers of last resort. They were… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
The surest way to keep a secret is to make someone think they already know the answer. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“how inevitable it was that the aristocrat would refuse his final duty—which was to step aside and vanish into history.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“What we should have done was test the gift first. We should have probed for dangers. We were too bedazzled by it, though.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Have you noticed, Stil, how beautiful the young women are this year?” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Humans are born with a susceptibility to that most persistent and debilitating disease of intellect: self-deception. The best of all possible worlds and the… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Many have marked the speed with which Muad'Dib learned the necessities of Arrakis. The Bene Gesserit, of course, know the basis of this speed.… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“The assumption that a whole system can be made to work better through an assault on its conscious elements betrays a dangerous ignorance. This… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
I hope that the Palestinians don't make the mistake of unleashing a new intifada. They've tried it twice before, and the consequences were bad… — Tom Segev Copy Share Image
The world's problems are, by and large, human problems-the unavoidable consequence of egoic sleepwalking. If we care to look, all the signs are present… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
The prediction of nuclear winter is drawn not, of course, from any direct experience with the consequences of global nuclear war, but rather from… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
When the first Superman movie came out I was frequently asked "What is a hero?" ...My answer was that a hero is someone who… — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
It's easy to make mistakes. It's living with the consequences of them that's the hardest. — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Actions have consequences... first rule of life. And the second rule is this - you are the only one responsible for your own actions. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Cultivate the habit of thinking ahead, and of anticipating the necessary and immediate consequences of all your actions.... Likewise in your pleasures, ask yourself… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences. — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
Washington bureaucrats have classified the very air we exhale as a pollutant and have gone unchallenged in this incredible assertion. The logical consequence is… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Any kind of restrictions put on free speech would have worse consequences than bullying. — Lady Starlight Copy Share Image
