Community Quote by Pope Benedict XVI

Environment grinds us, forces us to adjust, and--consciously or not--kills our most precious possession: that something which enables us to speak with ourselves and…

— Mieczyslaw Jastrun

When man turns his back on the Creator's plan, he provokes a disorder which has inevitable repercussions on the rest of the created order.…

— Pope John Paul II

“Since the garden, we live in a world filled with suffering, disease, poverty, racism, natural disasters, war, aging, and death — and it all…

— Timothy Keller

Man is suddenly becoming aware that by an ill-considered exploitation of nature he risks destroying it and becoming in his turn the victim of…

— Pope Paul VI

“When human beings lose their connection to nature, to heaven and earth, then they do not know how to nurture their environment or how…

— Chögyam Trungpa

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

— Lisa Firestone

Experience shows that disregard for the environment always harms human coexistence, and vice versa. It becomes more and more evident that there is an…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The environment is God's gift to everyone, and in our use of it we have a responsibility towards the poor, towards future generations, and…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Life and the environment are one thing, not two, and people, as all life, are immersed in the one system. When we influence nature,…

— Daniel Botkin

The environment shapes people's actions.

— B. F. Skinner

We cannot segregate the human heart from the environment outside us and say that once one of these is reformed everything will be improved.…

— Shoghi Effendi

Religion, politics, society are exploiting you, and you are being conditioned by them; you are being forced in a particular direction. You are not…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti