A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He

A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires. – Orison Swett Marden

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How can the spirit of the earth like the white man?… Everywhere the white man has touched it, it is sore. – Anonymous Wintu Woman

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We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap. – Kurt Vonnegut,Jr.

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The desire to build a risk-free society has always been a sign of decadence. It has meant that the nation has given up, that it no longer believes in its destiny, that it has ceased to aspire to greatness, and has retired from history to pet itself. – Henry Fairlie, quoted in Conservation Foundation Letter, November 1981

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