planetary coexistence Quotes

We're not sane enough yet to enter space until we learn to live together in peace on Earth.

To survive as a species on this planet, we're going to have to see ourselves as Earthlings.

We will look upon the earth and her sister planets as being with us, not for us.

In the final analysis we all inhabit the same planet, we all breath the same air, we all cherish our children’s future, and we are all mortal.

People need to be made conscious of a very simple reality: we have no choice but to share this planet, this small blue sphere floating in the vast reaches of space, with all of our fellow 'passengers.'

If we don't start acknowledging our correct position as nothing more than a part of the planet as opposed to this perception that we're superior, then we won't have it much longer. We're facing a very turbulent, war-torn, drought-ridden existence for future generations unless we act now.

We are at a point in human evolution when human solidarity on a global scale is absolutely vital for the survival of the human species. That means understanding that ... we are all co-inhabitants of this planet.

We are all together in this, we are all together in this single living ecosystem called Planet Earth. As we learn how we fit into the greater scheme of things, and begin to understand how the system works, we can plan ahead, we can use the resources responsibly, to show some respect for this inheritance that goes back 4.6 billion years.

Every other creature on the planet is doing its best. Only human beings hesitate about that.

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet.

We live at a moment when our relationships to each other, and to all other beings with whom we share this planet, are up for grabs.

Because we humans are big and clever enough to produce and utilize antibiotics and disinfectants, it is easy to convince ourselves that we have banished bacteria to the fringes of existence. Don't you believe it. Bacteria may not build cities or have interesting social lives, but they will be here when the Sun explodes. This is their planet, and we are on it only because they allow us to be.