Tag Archives: Thought for the Day

Breed, crowd, encroach, expand, expunge yourself, die out, homo called sapiens. Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1892-1950, Wine from These Grapes, 1934

The global environmental crisis will improve our lives by offering us a planet-wide crisis of the soul, an opportunity to mature as a species. We are, as these things go, a fairly adolescent creature, with prowess all out of proportion … Continue reading →

Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that the earth is a big furry goddess-creature who resembles everybody’s mom in that she knows what’s best for us. But if you look … Continue reading →

Eco-justice is nothing less than taking seriously the destiny of humanity and the planet on which we live. If there is a future, it will be Green. Petra K. Kelly, Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Vol. 14, No. 2, Summer … Continue reading →

[The ethical person] shatters no ice crystal that sparkles in the sun, tears no leaf from its tree, breaks off no flower, and is careful not to crush any insect as he walks. Albert Schweitzer, 1875-1965, Philosophy of Civilization: Civilization … Continue reading →

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida