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“Survival of the fittest led to "nature red in tooth and claw" and this is not sufficiently wishy-washy for modern scientists.”

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Author:Anthony Standen

“To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.”

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Author:Wendell Berry

“Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.”

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Author:Adlai E. Stevenson

“The more we exploit nature, The more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival.”

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Author:Mo Udall

“I am pessimistic about the human race because it is too ingenious for its own good. Our approach to nature is to beat it into submission. We would stand a better chance of survival if we accommodated ourselves to this planet and viewed it appreciatively instead of skeptically and dictatorially.”

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Author:E. B. White

“Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too busy trying to survive. It is all closed in, to a kind of still, intense waiting. Is this a key? Keep busy with survival. Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go.”

Source: The Journals of May Sarton Volume One: Journal of a Solitude, Plant Dreaming Deep, and Recovering

“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.”

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Book:The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God

Source: The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God

“When faced with a radical crisis, when the old way of being in the world, of interacting with each other and with the realm of nature doesn't work anymore, when survival is threatened by seemingly insurmountable problems, an individual life-form -- or a species -- will either die or become extinct or rise above the limitations of its condition through an evolutionary leap.”

Source: A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

“Cooperation for mutual benefit, a survival strategy very common in natural systems, is one that humanity needs to emulate.”

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Book:Basic Ecology

Source: Basic Ecology

“If the age of the Earth were a calendar year and today were a breath before midnight on New Year's Eve, we showed up a scant fifteen minutes ago, and all of recorded history has blinked by in the last sixty seconds. Luckily for us, our planet-mates--the fantastic meshwork of plants, animals, and microbes--have been patiently perfecting their wares since March, an incredible 3.8 billion years since the first bacteria. ...After 3.8 billion years of research and development, failures are fossils, and what surrounds us is the secret to survival.”

“Nature is not cruel, only pitilessly indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans to learn. We cannot admit that things might be neither good nor evil, neither cruel nor kind, but simply callous-indifferent to all suffering, lacking all purpose.”

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Book:River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life

Source: River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life

“Nature knows no political boundaries. She puts living creatures on this globe and watches the free play of forces. She then confers the master's right on her favourite child, the strongest in courage and industry ... The stronger must dominate and not blend with the weaker, thus sacrificing his own greatness. Only the born weakling can view this as cruel.”