Effort Quote by Vannevar Bush

It is important to understand the continuing, confused fascination with the Second World War. For most of us, the great unspoken question is how…

— Antony Beevor

“Bit by bit [the Second World War] really changed my view of what people were capable of, and therefore what human nature was.”

— William Golding

Instead of trying to modify what nature brought us, we embraced it,

— Emmanuel Lubezki

In a single moment, we witnessed the worst of human behavior. And in the next, the very best of human behavior. And even more,…

— Jane D. Hull

We still talk in terms of conquest. We still haven't become mature enough to think of ourselves as only a tiny part of a…

— Rachel Carson

Our Western science, ever since the 17th century, has been obsessed with the notion of control, of man dominating nature. This obsession has led…

— Fritjof Capra

Over time, we as humans have developed a different attitude towards nature and we've forgotten about our inner power.

— Wim Hof

For my own part, I commonly attend more to nature than to man, but any affecting human event may blind our eyes to natural…

— Henry David Thoreau

The American experience stirred mankind from discovery to exploration. From the cautious quest for what they knew (or thought they knew) was out there,…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

Almost everything about American society is affected by World War II: our feelings about race; our feelings about gender and the empowerment of women,…

— Rick Atkinson

The most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of America. We have helped prepare mankind for all its…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

At the end of the century, humans will look back at our impact on the planet and World War II will be a footnote…

— Louie Psihoyos