"I ask: which of the two, civil or natural life, is more likely to become insufferable to those who live it? We see about us practically no people who do not complain about their existence; many even d..."
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"It is in fact an orderly community. The green plants are food for the plant eaters, which are food for the predators, and some of those predators are food for still other predators. And what's left ov..."
- Daniel Quinn
"The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer"
- Dan Simmons