Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes

Fortunately, nature is as generous with its problems as Nobel with his fortune. The more we know, the more aware we are of what we know not.

Simply to pit "society" against "nature," "humanity" against the "biosphere," and "reason," "technology," and "science" against less developed, often primitive forms of human interaction with the natural world, prevents us from examining the highly complex differences and divisions within society so necessary to define our problems and their solutions.

The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand and protect nature's precarious balance, let alone the balance of our own human nature.

We have an impact on nature, and nature has an impact on us.

Anything created by human beings is already in the great book of nature.

There are still some natural forces that everybody understands. Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.

It's nice to think about having everything natural and similar to pre-Columbian times.... In fact, man himself has long been part of that environment and there is no way to separate him from that environment.

Nature is simply the environment on earth in which man finds himself, and to treat it as a separate being in the image of man is sheer nonsense.

We tend to forget that we are part of the natural scheme of things.

The environment, what surrounds you, is so alive and delightful and complex.

The further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence.

The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages.

It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems.

Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.

Natural science, does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves.

The first line in the first 'Gasland' is: 'I'm not a pessimist. I've always had a great deal of faith in people that we won't succumb to frenzy or rage or greed. That we'll figure out a solution without destroying the things that we love.' I have not lost that sense.

No species is more important than others.

All life forms obey Nature's demands—except man, who has found ways of ignoring them.

We have killed off nature, that world entirely independent of us which was here before we arrived and which encircled and supported our human society

The environment is more than just nature. The environment is peoples needs.

I study nature, and I realize that no matter how much you learn, you can't top nature.

One reason that birds matter - ought to matter - is that they are our last, best connection to a natural world that is otherwise receding. They're the most vivid and widespread representatives of the Earth as it was before people arrived on it.

The planet is a vast and beautiful place, full of exciting and wonderful people.

Our body is part of nature. Our creations, they're not natural. We build things that aren't natural, but our bodies, they're part of that system.

Over time, we as humans have developed a different attitude towards nature and we've forgotten about our inner power.