Green Quotes

Memorable Quotations in the Realm of Life

We shall not cease from exploration

And the end of all our exploring

Will be to arrive where we started

And know the place for the first time

-- T.S. Elliot

○ "In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but what we refuse to destroy." -- John C. Sawhill, Nature Conservancy

○ "We are already well into a new geological era, the Anthropocene, where human interference is the dominant factor in nearly every planetary ecosystem, to the detriment of perhaps all of them." -- Mark Lynas, Six Degrees

○ "Most people walking around in a mall or on a college campus are carrying on them better technology that the entire U.S. government had when it put a man on the moon. Each one of us is a walking technological superpower.... Given the capacities available to us, our wildest dreams and biggest hopes are probably too small." -- Van Jones, The Green Collar Economy

○ "In 'Laudato Si', I call for a courageous and responsible effort to 'redirect our steps', and to avert the most serious effects of the environmental deterioration caused by human activity. I am convinced that we can make a difference and I have no doubt that the United States – and this Congress – have an important role to play." -- Pope Francis, Speech to the U.S. Congress, Sept 2015

○ "Cette beauté est faite de nuances subtiles, d'un équilibre miraculeux de teintes resplendissantes et douces. Seul un enfant dans son innocence pourrait appréhender la pureté et la splendeur de cette vision." -- Astronaut Patrick Baudry describing the Earth from space (This beauty consists of subtle nuances, as in the miraculous balance of soft and brilliant hues. Only a child in its innocence could apprehend the purity and splendor of this vision.)

○ "There are no boundaries in the real Planet Earth. No United States, no Russia, no China, no Taiwan. Rivers flow unimpeded across the swaths of continents. The persistent tides, the pulse of the sea do not discriminate; they push against all the varied shores on Earth." --Jacques-Yves Cousteau, oceanographer

"People stand themselves next to the righteous

They believe the things they say are true

They speak in terms of what divides us

To justify the violence they do

But it is one, it is one

One world spinning 'round the sun

Wherever it is you call home

Whatever country you come from

It is one"

-- Jackson Browne, musician, "It is One"

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