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FindCenterEarth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.

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Mahatma Gandhi
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FindCenterNature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored.

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Terence McKenna
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FindCenterHow can we be so arrogant? The planet is, was, and always will be stronger than us. We can’t destroy it; if we overstep the mark, the planet will simply erase us from its surface and carry on existing. Why don’t they start talking about not letting the planet destroy us?

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Paulo Coelho
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FindCenterWe live in a world where everything is connected. We can not longer think in terms of us and them when it comes to the consequences of the way we live. Today it’s all about WE.

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Gregg Braden
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FindCenterThe essence of the problem is about consumption, recognizing that a society that consumes one-third of the world’s resources is unsustainable. This level of consumption requires constant intervention into other people’s lands. That’s what’s going on.

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Winona LaDuke
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FindCenterThe Earth has recovered after fevers like this, and there are no grounds for thinking that what we are doing will destroy Gaia, but if we continue business as usual, our species may never again enjoy the lush and verdant world we had only a hundred years ago.

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James Lovelock
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FindCenterUnfortunately, we are a species with schizoid tendencies, and like an old lady who has to share her house with a growing and destructive group of teenagers, Gaia grows angry, and if they do not mend their ways she will evict them.

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James Lovelock
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FindCenterI know that to personalize the Earth System as Gaia, as I have often done and continue to do in this book, irritates the scientifically correct, but I am unrepentant because metaphors are more than ever needed for a widespread comprehension of the true nature of the Earth and an understanding of...

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James Lovelock
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FindCenterKeep in mind that it is hubris to think that we know how to save the Earth: our planet looks after itself. All we can do is try to save ourselves.

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James Lovelock
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