“Until we establish a felt sense of kinship between our own species and those fellow mortals who share with us the sun and shadow of life on this agonized planet, there is no hope for other species, there is no hope for the environment, and there is no hope for ourselves.” FeltSunEnvironmentSharePlanetsShadowFellowsSpeciesMortalsNo HopeKinship Author:Jon Wynne-Tyson
“If we drive our fellow species to extinction, we will leave a far more desolate planet for our descendants than the world we inherited from our elders.” IfsWorldNaturePlanetsFellowsClimateSpeciesEldersExtinctionDescendantsDesolate Author:James Hansen
“We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty... All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1000 days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin... And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.” FirstsCountryAsksCan DoPayLibertySupportPlanetsBearsSurvivalFellowsLifetimeBurdenFinishedAdministrationHardshipFoe Author:John F. Kennedy
“People need to be made conscious of a very simple reality: we have no choice but to share this planet, this small blue sphere floating in the vast reaches of space, with all of our fellow 'passengers.'” PeopleNeedsMadeRealityChoicesSimpleSpaceSharePlanetsConsciousBlueFellowsSpheresFloatingPassengers Author:Daisaku Ikeda
“One of my greatest struggles is, and has been for a long time, seeing unkindness on this planet. Unkindness and inconsideration. I try to help that by being more conscientious and helpful towards our fellow brothers and sisters.” TryingLongHas BeensHelpingStruggleSeeingPlanetsBrotherLong TimeFellowsHelpfulBrothers And SistersUnkindness Author:Kelly LeBrock
“When I was born in 1942, World War II was still going. And I began to realize when I became a young adult that if we don't teach our kids a better way of relating to their fellow human beings, the very future of humanity on the planet is in jeopardy.” IfsWorldWayHumansStillsWarKidsYoungHumanityRealizingBornHuman BeingsTeachPlanetsAdultsFellowsYoung AdultWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiBetter WaysJeopardyFuture Of Humanity Author:Graham Nash
“Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history, mankind has been bullied by scum. Those who lord it over their fellows and toss commands in every direction and would boss the grass in the meadow about which way to bend in the wind are the most depraved kind of prostitutes. They will submit to any indignity, perform any vile act, do anything to achieve power. The worst off-sloughings of the planet are the ingredients of sovereignty. Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy the whores are us.” WayHumansKindHas BeensGovernmentPoliticalPoliticsRaceLordDemocracyTroubleAchieveWorstMankindPlanetsWindAuthorityElementsFellowsCommandGrassHuman RaceBossIngredientsSubmitLowestSovereigntyParliamentMeadowsBulliedTossDepravedScumIndignity Book:Thrown Under the Omnibus Source: Thrown Under the Omnibus
“I have heard women complain about men holding doors for them,, as if it is inherently offensive and implies that they are weak. ... I would hold a door for anyone. ... It has to do with noticing our fellow human beings and saying, "I recognize that you're on this planet, and I don't want a door hitting you in the face.” IfsMenWantHumansFacesHuman BeingsDoorsHeardPlanetsWeakFellowsComplainingHittingOffensiveNoticing Book:Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work Source: Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work
“We need to radically and intelligently reduce human populations to fewer than one billion. We need to eliminate nationalism and tribalism and become Earthlings. And as Earthlings, we need to recognize that all the other species that live on this planet are also fellow citizens and also Earthlings. This is a planet of incredible diversity of life-forms; it is not a planet of one species as many of us believe.” NeedsBelieveHumansFormPlanetsCitizensDiversityFellowsSpeciesIncrediblesPopulationBillionsNationalismFewerTribalismHuman PopulationDiversity Of Life Author:Paul Watson