"The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a river is one of the veins of the land, not potential irrigation water; if a forest is a sacred grove, not timber; if other species are biological kin, not resources; or if the planet is our mother, not an opportunity -- then we will treat each other with greater respect. Thus is the challenge, to look at the world from a different perspective."

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Source : "Why land rights for indigenous peoples could be the answer to climate change" by Bruce Parry, www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2016.

David Suzuki

#Mother Quotes #Nature Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“One thought-murder a day keeps the psychiatrist away.”
“WHATEVER YOU DO, TELL THE TRUTH.”

Source : "An Honest President". Book by H. Paul Jeffers, 2000.
“I'm here for you in the same way that you're here for me, each person is an intricate piece of infinity.”

Source : Song: Here For You
“Democrats want to fall in love; Republicans just fall in line.”
“Scientists do what writers do. They also live with an active interiority, only the ongoing speculation in their heads is about relations in the physical world rather than the psychological one.”

Source : Vivian Gornick (2013). “Women in Science: Then and Now”, p.28, The Feminist Press at CUNY
“We're not a manufacturer, or an airline, but we do use energy. Printing and publishing newspapers, producing films, broadcasting television signals, operating 24-hour newsrooms. It all adds carbon to the atmosphere.”
“He who has no faith in himself can never have faith in God.”
“The conversation topic in my head is not what role I should play; it is whether I am going to play at all,”

Source : Jonny Wilkinson (2011). “Jonny: My Autobiography”, p.8, Hachette UK

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