R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes

We are evolutionary descendents of this marvellous panoply of life. And what that says unequivocally is we have an utter total obligation to make sure we have an environment that not only is good for us but is good for all living organisms.

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.

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

Well, biology today as I see it has an amiable look - quite different from the 19th-century view that the whole arrangement of nature is hostile, 'red in tooth and claw.' That came about because people misread Darwin's 'survival of the fittest.'

Nature does nothing in vain.

Of course, the plea for respect for nonhuman life goes far beyond the scientific delight of familiarity with our planet mates. The nonhuman forms of life with which we 6,000 million talking, upright apes share this finite planet are directly or indirectly connected to our well-being.

We are so arrogant, we forget that we are not the reason for evolution, we are not the point of evolution. We are part of evolution. Unfortunately, we believe that we've been created to dominate the planet, to dominate nature. Ain't true.

Because of my medical and ideological training, I am accustomed to saying that life is adaptation and symbiosis.

If you really want to study evolution, you've got go outside sometime, because you'll see symbiosis everywhere!

Nature conserves, prefers novelty.

We are embedded in a biological world and related to the organisms around us.

The most important principle of environment is that you are not the only element.

We are all part of the ecosystem.

A functioning eco-system is a human need.

To many people, 'biodiversity' is almost synonymous with the word 'nature,' and 'nature' brings to mind steamy forests and the big creatures that dwell there. Fair enough. But biodiversity is much more than that, for it encompasses not only the diversity of species, but also the diversity within species.

The further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence.

That's all about the natural order of things, the idea of nature protecting children but also children protecting nature.

I am two with nature.

I think having nature be a part of people's lives helps all of us see ourselves as part of something larger.

The truth is, everything is eating and being eaten.

That's the thing about Mother Nature, she really doesn't care what economic bracket you're in.

By obtaining a sense of its place in the unfolding drama of life, set in an ecological theatre, so we can understand why it has become one of the leading players.

Turtles are very stable and have been around forever. But they have problems adapting. When humans came along, turtles came under serious threat. Biodiversity is good, and I think it is good in technology as well.

The organization and the environment are in concert.

Environmentalism is a way of seeing our place within the biosphere.