"While denial leads to certainty, it is only the certainty of death. This is true for individuals and also for civilizations."

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Source : "Global Warming and the Future of Humanity: An Interview With Noam Chomsky and Graciela Chichilnisky". Interview with C.J. Polychroniou, truthout.org. September 17, 2016.

Graciela Chichilnisky

#Certainty Of Death Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Denial Quotes

“There are no tests similar to SATs to tell us how much undergraduates know. State legislators, who appropriate billions of dollars each year to higher education, are naturally interested in finding out what they are getting for their money.”
“Knowledge of ourselves teaches us whence we come, where we are and whither we are going. We come from God and we are in exile; and it is because our potency of affection lends towards God that we are aware of this state of exile.”
“I am not saying that a female-dominated or Amazon society based on the oppression of men is any more "just" than is a male-dominated society based on the oppression of women. I am merely pointing out in what ways it is better for women. [Â¶] Perhaps someday a choice between forms of injustice will not be necessary.”

Source : "Women and Madness". Book by Phyllis Chesler, 2005.
“I want to feel the surging Of my sad people's soul Hidden by a minstrel-smile.”
“The fact that a cloud from a minor volcanic eruption in Icelandâ€”a small disturbance in the complex mechanism of life on the Earthâ€”can bring to a standstill the aerial traffic over an entire continent is a reminder of how, with all its power to transform nature, humankind remains just another species on the planet Earth.”
“I can't forgive a woman who is irresponsible and dishonest”
“Modern science is fast-moving, and no laboratory can exist for long with a program based on old facilities. Innovation and renewal are required to keep a laboratory on the frontiers of science.”
“Our world has become dehumanized. Man feels himself isolated in the cosmos, because he is no longer involved in nature.”

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