“We live in this irreparably broken world, and I don't wish to deny reality, but the amazing thing to me is not that we refuse to relinquish hope as a species. The amazing thing is that we're right to hold on to hope. The world may be broken, but hope is not crazy. ... Obviously not all stories end happily. We don't always have good fortune, but hope gives us, as a species and as individuals, what we otherwise wouldn't have: A chance.” WorldGivingMayEndsStoriesRealityIndividualWishChanceCrazyBrokenFortuneSpeciesRefuseDenyGood FortuneAmazing ThingsBroken World Author:John Green
“In a world where so much that is wild and free has been lost to us, we must leave these beautiful animals free to swim as they will and must. They do us no harm and wish us none and we should let them alone.” WorldShouldHas BeensBeautifulLostWishNatureFreedomAnimalBeautySpeciesHarmSwimSwimmingDolphinsAnimal LiberationWild And FreeAnimal Kingdom Author:Ric O'Barry
“He who thinks he can have flesh and bones without being subject to any external influence, or any accidents of matter, unconsciously wishes to reconcile two opposites, viz., to be at the same time subject and not subject to change. If man were never subject to change there could be no generation; there would be one single being, but no individuals forming a species.” IfsThinkingMenTwoMatterWould BeIndividualWishGenerationsInfluenceSubjectsOppositesSpeciesBonesAccidentsFleshReconcileTwo OppositesExternal Influences Book:The Guide for the Perplexed Source: The Guide for the Perplexed
“It's the one species I wouldn't mind seeing vanish from the face of the earth. I wish they were like the White Rhinosix of them left in the Serengeti National Park, and all males.” MindEarthFacesLeftWishWhiteSeeingSpeciesMalesParksNational Parks Author:Alan Bennett
“Much as we might wish to believe otherwise, universal love and the welfare of the species as a whole are concepts which simply do not make evolutionary sense.” LoveBelieveWholeWisdomMightLyingHopeWishKnowledgeConceptsUniversalSpeciesWelfareUniversal LoveSelfish Gene Author:Richard Dawkins
“One of the interesting things about "outsidership" is that underneath it there's a longing to belong. I just wish the thing I refused to belong to - the species, Western capital culture - was a little more respectable. My one true relaxation is my flotation tank, in which I can either meditate or just drift off.” LittlesI CanCultureWishInterestingLongingSpeciesWesternRelaxationTanksRespectableInteresting Things Author:George Carlin