The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
JACQUES YVES COUSTEAUWhat 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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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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However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.
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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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The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
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The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers.
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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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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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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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The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.
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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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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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People protect what they love.
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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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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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