“If I could go back to a point in history to try to get things to come out differently, I would go back and tell moses to go up the mountain again and get the other tablet. Because the Ten Commandments just tell us what we are supped to do with one another, not a word about our relationship to the earth. Genesis starts with these commands: multiply, replenish the earth, and subdue it. We have multiplied very well, we have replenished our populations very well, we have subdued it all too well, and we don't have any other instruction.” IfsTryingWellsEarthTenMountainPopulationCommandIf I CouldInstructionOur RelationshipCommandmentsMosesGenesisTen CommandmentsTablets Author:David R. Brower
“If something's going wrong with this planet we'd better fix it here and not look for some sort of escape.” IfsLooksPlanets Author:David R. Brower
“If you want to get people off drugs, improve reality.” PeopleIfsWantRealityDrug Author:David R. Brower
“We must begin thinking like a river if we are to leave a legacy of beauty and life for future generations.” IfsThinkingWaterNatureGenerationsRiversEnvironmentalLegacyFuture GenerationRivers And WaterWater Of LifeWorld Water DayLife And Beauty Author:David R. Brower
“Even if you build the perfect reactor, you're still saddled with a people problem and an equipment problem.” PeopleIfsStillsProblemPerfectEquipment Author:David R. Brower
“All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of growth in electrical energy consumption it will simply take, by the year 2000, all our freshwater streams to cool the generators and reactors.” IfsKnowsYearsEnergyGrowthRateStreamsPollutionConsumptionElectricalGeneratorThermalEnergy ConsumptionElectrical Energy Author:David R. Brower
“I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal, if he really understands the cost of not giving it up. In fact, we may find that, while we're drastically cutting our energy consumption, we're actually raising our standard of living.” IfsGivingBelieveMayFactsGuyEnergyI BelieveDealsCuttingStreetsCostGiving UpStandardsAverageConsumptionRenewable EnergyStandards Of LivingEnergy Consumption Author:David R. Brower
