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Human destiny is bound to remain a gamble, because at some unpredi

Human destiny is bound to remain a gamble, because at some unpredictable time and in some unforeseeable manner nature will strike back. – Rene Dubos, Mirage of Health, 1959

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When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a sportsman. – Joseph Wood Krutch

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Civilization… wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere. – Richard Bach

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If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos. – Edward O. Wilson

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Our modern industrial economy takes a mountain covered with trees, lakes, running streams and transforms it into a mountain of junk, garbage, slime pits, and debris. – Edward Abbey

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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority. – Orson Pratt

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As kids were not taught how to deal with success were taught how to deal with failure. If at first you dont succeed, try, try again. If at first you succeed, then what? – Charlie Sheen

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