“We have this sacred cow in our society that what the majority of people want is rightbut is it? Our populace can't really be informed, not the majority of themmost people vote the way they have been manipulated and by the way they have responded to that manipulationthey are working out their own patterns of wishful thinking on the social environment in which they live.” PeopleThinkingWayWantHas BeensSocialEnvironmentVoteSacredMajorityPatternsWork OutOur SocietyManipulationCowsWishful ThinkingSacred CowsSocial Environment Author:David Gerrold
“There is a growing threat to the environment, to the vegetation, animals, water and air. Sacred Scripture hands us the image of Cain who rejects his responsibility: 'Am I my brother's keeper?' The Bible shows the human person as his brother's keeper and the guardian of creation which has been entrusted to him.” HumansPersonsHas BeensShowsHandsWaterAnimalResponsibilityEnvironmentGrowingAirCreationBrotherSacredThreatEnvironmentalScriptureMy BrotherRejectsGuardianStewardshipKeepersCainVegetationSacred Scripture Author:Pope John Paul II
“I therefore suggested that WWF should invite leaders from the major religions to meet together to discuss what - if any - responsibility they felt they had for the natural environment as a "sacred" entity.” IfsShouldTogetherFeltNaturalResponsibilityLeaderEnvironmentMajorsSacredWhat IfInvitesEntityNatural EnvironmentWwf Author:Prince Philip
“Creativity is an innate function in a human being, as we see in tribal peoples, who spent their considerable leisure time making religious artifacts and sacred art. That is what I would call a direct culture, in that everybody in it is directly in touch with all the elements, both of the culture and of the environment.” HumansArtCultureReligiousHuman BeingsCreativityEnvironmentElementsDirectFunctionSacredLeisureInnateArtifactsLeisure TimeSacred Art Author:Michael Ventura
“The hunting season is sacred. It's been sacred in my life since birth. I've never missed a hunting season in 64 years. It's my calling, it's what I am, it's how I was designed, it's what inspires, fascinates, satisfies, and drives my quality of life. And I know that it brings me such joy, and it does such a critical and essential performance for nature and for the environment, that I am dedicated and have been for over 40 years to promoting and celebrating that. I never defend it. I always promote and celebrate it.” KnowsYearsDoeHas BeensJoyQualityEnvironmentInspireBirthCallingEssentialsPerformancesSeasonsSacredCriticalCelebrateDedicatedHuntingPromotingQuality Of LifeHunting Season Author:Ted Nugent
“Sacred spaces can be created in any environment.” InspirationalSpaceEnvironmentDesignSacredEnvironmentalSacred Space Author:Christy Turlington
“Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.” MenChildrenCountryEarthRomancePoliticsInterestNatureNaturalWonderEnvironmentResourcesSkinsSacredEnvironmentalRichesSelfishYour ChildrenNationalismCherishHeritageConservationGreedyMother EarthNatural ResourcesEarth DayEnvironmental ProtectionEarth And NatureSelfish MenHappy Earth DayNatural Wonders Book:Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“Humanity is a biological species, living in a biological environment, because like all species, we are exquisitely adapted in everything: from our behavior, to our genetics, to our physiology, to that particular environment in which we live. The earth is our home. Unless we preserve the rest of life, as a sacred duty, we will be endangering ourselves by destroying the home in which we evolved, and on which we completely depend.” HomeEarthHumanityEnvironmentParticularDutyDependsBehaviorSacredSpeciesPreservesDestroyingGeneticsAdaptedPhysiologyRest Of Life Author:E. O. Wilson
“The land is sacred. These words are at the core of your being. The land is our mother, the rivers our blood. Take our land away and we die. That is, the Indian in us dies.” InspirationalMotherDiesEnvironmentBloodLandRiversSacredCoreIndianNative AmericanEarth DayNative American WisdomNative AmericaNative American IndianNative American EarthNative Land Book:Ohitika Woman Source: Ohitika Woman
“The concept of national sovereignty has been an immutable, indeed sacred, principle of international relations. It is a principle which will yield only slowly and reluctantly to the new imperatives of global environmental cooperation. It is simply not feasible for sovereignty to be exercised unilaterally by individual nation states, however powerful. The global community must be assured of environmental security.” Has BeensStatesIndividualEnergyNationsCommunityPowerfulPrinciplesPowerEnvironmentSecurityConceptsRelationSacredEnvironmentalClimate ChangeInternationalYieldCooperationSovereignSovereigntyAssuredImperativesNationalityInternational RelationsReluctantSlownessNational SovereigntyGlobal CommunityUnilateralism Author:Maurice Strong
“I see trees of green, red roses too. I see them bloom for me and you. And I think to myself what a wonderful world. I see skies of blue and clouds of white. The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night. And I think to myself what a wonderful world” ThinkingWorldNightNatureDarkWhiteEnvironmentWonderfulTreeSkyRedBlueBlessedSacredGreenRoseCloudsNatural EnvironmentRed RoseWonderful World Author:Louis Armstrong
“We made a sacred covenant to follow the Creator's life plan at all times, which includes the responsibility of taking care of this land and life for His divine purpose. We have never made treaties with any foreign nation, including the United States, but for many centuries we have honored this Sacred Agreement. Our goals are not to gain political control, monetary wealth nor military power, but rather to pray and to promote the welfare of all living beings and to preserve the world in a natural way.” WorldWayMadeStatesCarePoliticalPurposeNationsGoalNaturalWealthUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesEnvironmentPlansLandCenturyMilitaryDivinePrayingGainsSacredIncludingCreatorAll TimePreservesWelfareAgreementHonoredCovenantTreatiesMonetaryMilitary PowerDivine Purpose Author:Thomas Banyacya
“Let us regard the forests as an inheritance, given to us by nature, not to be despoiled or devastated, but to be wisely used, reverently honoured and carefully maintained. Let us regard the forests as a gift, entrusted to any of us only for transient care, to be surrendered to posterity as an unimpaired property, increased in riches and augmented in blessings, to pass as a sacred patrimony from generation to generation.” CareUsedGivenEnvironmentGenerationsBlessingRegardSacredPropertyRichesForestsInheritancePosterityTransientDevastatedPatrimony Author:Ferdinand von Mueller
“My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people's sacred status, regardless of the past. Every time you lose an animal, it's like losing a brick from the house. Pretty soon the house just falls down, you know?” PeopleKnowsPastFallHouseLosesMemoriesAnimalEnvironmentChildhoodTaughtDadProtectLosingConnectionsSacredMy DadBricksFalling DownChildhood MemoriesAboriginal Author:Bindi Irwin
“[He] seems to want it both ways: the freedom to hold and express beliefs, and immunity from criticism for those beliefs. This is the kind of attitude that leads inexorably to totalitarianism. It is to be decried, particularly in a university environment where the search for truth necessitates that no belief be treated as sacred or above scrutiny.” WayWantKindSeemsBeliefAttitudeEnvironmentCriticismSacredUniversityTreatedTotalitarianismScrutinyImmunitySearch For Truth Author:Jeffrey Shallit
“What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty.” PeopleMayDifferentBeautyEnvironmentGroupsStrangeSacredRidiculousRejectedGrandeurDespisedCornerstonesEdificeDifferent Environments Author:Hu Shih