The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUWe must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about – farming replacing hunting.
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From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.
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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about – farming replacing hunting.
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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
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What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what’s going on.
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Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.
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People protect what they love.
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We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters… and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.
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If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change.
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When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
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But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.
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If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.
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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
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