Scarcity Quote by Philippe Le Billion

Today, people are talking about many things: the danger of war and frequent clashes, water and air pollution, hunger, the increasing erosion of moral…

— Fethullah Gulen

“In many areas, too, people are having to deal with environmental problems and, with these, threats to their livelihood and worse. At the same…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“Politics of abundance, by contrast, arise from an ethic of measured restraint.”

— Mary Christina Wood

“Some of the world’s violent conflicts are mainly economic, territorial or tribal. But many seem to come, at least in part, from conflicts between…

— Jonathan Glover

“In order for people to live their own lives and fulfill their destiny, they must differentiate themselves from destructive environmental influences.”

— Lisa Firestone

The fact that communities that are relatively powerless often are exposed to more dangerous pollution and the worst effects of climate change: a society…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

“So holding many factors constant, we find that living in a civilization reduces one’s chances of being a victim of violence fivefold.”

— Steven Pinker

Excessive economic, social and cultural inequalities among peoples arouse tensions and conflicts, and are a danger to peace.

— Pope Paul VI

“Abundance is harder for us to handle than scarcity.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Violence in nature is one thing, but among civilized mankind, what excuse is there?”

— Dorothy Dunnett

“The control of violence is the most important dilemma every society faces.”

— James Dale Davidson

“[The idea] of an environmental ethic runs contrary to our cultural tradition.”

— John Livingston. from "One Cosmic Moment