"To me, the human move to take responsibility for the living Earth is laughable - the rhetoric of the powerless. The planet takes care of us, not we of it. Our self-inflated moral imperative to guide a wayward Earth, or heal our sick planet, is evidence of our immense capacity for self delusion. Rather, we need to protect ourselves from ourselves."

-- Lynn Margulis

#Moving Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #Self Quotes

“Truth shines the brighter, clad in verse.”
“O'er her warm cheek, and rising bosom, move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of love.”
“It's just a natural part of being a social creature and being a human being.”
“Women themselves have the right to live in dignity, in freedom from want and freedom from fear. On this International Women's Day, let us rededicate ourselves to making that a reality.”
“Relativity propped it up, at least gave it the illusion of being thereâ€¦the way all reality becomes illusory and observer-oriented when you study general relativity. Or Buddhism. Or get drafted.”

Source : Joe Haldeman (2014). “The Forever War”, p.38, Open Road Media
“Don't worry about being successful. Worry about being significant.”
“I don't think about the characters I choose to play, analytically or consciously.”
“If it's unenvironmental it is uneconomical. That is the rule of nature”

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