Paul Watson Quotes

We only have this one planet; we got to figure out how to live on it without destroying it.

My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature. And can I do that alone? No. So there is a whole army of youth that can do it. So I suppose my mission is to reach as many of those young people as I can through my own efforts.

Never again will we have this good a chance as we now have to find an enduring place for ourselves within the natural systems that keep us alive. It's a sweet spot in history. That's why this is such a critical time.

We're a part of nature. As we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. It's a selfish thing to want to protect nature.

People today have forgotten they're really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better... They don't know it, but they're losing nature. They don't see that they're going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive.

In the time of the sacred sites and the crashing of ecosystems and worlds, it may be worth not making a commodity out of all that is revered.

We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.

There isn't a person on Earth who couldn't use a connection with nature.

People are beginning to realize that we need to live in accordance with the law of ecology, the law of finite resources, and if we don't, we're going to go extinct.

Everything depends on our ability to sustainably inhabit this earth, and true sustainability will require us all to change our way of thinking on how we take from the earth and how we give back.

The natural world is a source of inspiration.

You want to live in harmony with nature and with each other.

We need a philosophy for humans and nature to live together.

I always turn to Wendell Berry for inspiration on food, community, agriculture, and, well, just being a human.

We understand that we must make peace with nature - that our lives depend on it.

Facts have proved that prosperity at the expense of the environment is only delaying disaster. We cannot passively protect our environment by simply stopping economic development.

If we build a society based on honoring the earth, we build a society which is sustainable, and has the capacity to support all life forms.

We desperately need to recognise that we are the guests, not the masters, of nature and adopt a new paradigm for development, based on the costs and benefits to all people, and bound by the limits of nature herself rather than the limits of technology and consumerism.

If we don't start acknowledging our correct position as nothing more than a part of the planet as opposed to this perception that we're superior, then we won't have it much longer. We're facing a very turbulent, war-torn, drought-ridden existence for future generations unless we act now.

I believe that even 'returning-to-nature' and anti pollution activities, no matter how commendable, are not moving toward a genuine solution if they are carried out solely in reaction to the over development of the present age.

We live within the environment. So that directly relates with our survival, our life. So through that way, more concern of well being of humanity, then naturally concerned about environment.

We depend on nature. Now, nature's depending on us.

There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means.

We share this planet, our home, with millions of species. Justice and sustainability both demand that we do not use more resources than we need.