Frederic Bastiat Quotes

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

Everyone lives downstream from someone else.

The biblical world view with respect to these issues is that we have a responsibility to manage and cultivate, harvest the natural resources that we've been blessed with to truly bless our fellow mankind.

I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.

Mankind's feeling of responsibility to create a decent life and make it worth living with dignity has always been stronger than the will to kill life.

Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of life's caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known.

People have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years: using whatever is available to build shelter. If you ponder what could be used, then building materials are everywhere.

I'm working in this very complex set of issues having to do with who we are as a species and how much we can do to the Earth before it starts to buckle under. My work can easily read as an indictment, but I don't see it as that simple a problem.

The idea that we're somehow centrally important to the planet's existence is pretty comical - although I'd like us to be.

We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all.

The Anthropocentic Age - the first age in which humankind is the dominant species on the planet - cuts both ways: it is up to us to destroy or save the planet. We certainly have the ability.

What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird?

The term 'natural resources' confuses people. 'Natural resources' are not like a finite number of gifts under the Christmas tree. Nature is given, but resources are created.

Unless we connect directly with the earth, we will not have the faintest clue why we should save it…. Only if we understand the beauty of nature will we love it, and only if we become alerted to learn about the planet's disease processes can we decide to live our lives with a proper sense of ecological responsibility.

... for the benefit of the wild beasts as well as the savage nations .... To make the wilderness blossom as the rose, to establish laws, to increase, multiply, and subdue the earth [see Genesis 1:28].

Land is not something you inherit from your parents. It is something you borrow from your children.

Nothing was made by God for man to spoil or destroy.

Pollution is nothing but resources we're not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

I think that, on the whole, risk-taking entrepreneurial characters regard nature as a sort of background that we can use for our own advantage.

Sustainability is important because we all are responsible to nourish our planet. And real food should be delicious, safe, affordable, and accessible to all. All without compromise.

God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees.

We always have to remind ourselves of how fragile life on this planet is and what responsibilities we have.

I just feel this is my planet.

It saddens me that in the 21st century, with all our knowledge and power, we are hearing more and more stories of possible extinctions due to people's choice. We are responsible for our choices and the only ones capable of changing our future.

We depend on nature to survive... it is our responsibility also to take care of our home, planet Earth.