“Because every man is a biped, fifty men are not a centipede.”
G. K. Chesterton – What is Wrong in the World
G. K. Chesterton – What is Wrong in the World
G. K. Chesterton – What is Wrong in the World
— Arthur C. Clarke, "Profiles of The Future", 1961 (Clarke's third law) Reminds me, where is my flying carpet?
– Mark Twain (date uncertain – anyone?)
"Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself… to harm the earth is to heap comtempt upon the creator… contaminate your bed, and you will one night suffocate in your own waste."
Chief Seattle, 1854, responding to a US government offer to buy Native American land.
– Rumi (date uncertain) – translated by Coleman Barks