If I could go back to a point in history to try to get things to come out differently, I would go back and tell moses to go up the mountain again and get the other tablet. Because the Ten Commandments just tell us what we are supped to do with one another, not a word about our relationship to the earth. Genesis starts with these commands: multiply, replenish the earth, and subdue it. We have multiplied very well, we have replenished our populations very well, we have subdued it all too well, and we don't have any other instruction.
Truth and beauty can still win battles. We need more art, more passion, more wit in defense of the Earth. - David R. Brower
Truth and beauty can still win battles. We need more art, more passion, more wit in defense of the Earth.
- David R. Brower
Childbearing should be a punishable crime against society, unless the parents hold a government license. All potential parents should be required to … - David R. Brower
Childbearing should be a punishable crime against society, unless the parents hold a government license. All potential parents should be required to …
There is no business on a dead planet - David R. Brower
There is no business on a dead planet
We are no longer inheriting the Earth from our parents, we are stealing it from our children. - David R. Brower
We are no longer inheriting the Earth from our parents, we are stealing it from our children.
The wild places are where we began. When they end, so do we. - David R. Brower
The wild places are where we began. When they end, so do we.
Without wilderness, the world's a cage. - David R. Brower
Without wilderness, the world's a cage.
We must begin thinking like a river if we are to leave a legacy of beauty and life for future generations. - David R. Brower
We must begin thinking like a river if we are to leave a legacy of beauty and life for future generations.
Politicians are like weather vanes. Our job is to make the wind blow. - David R. Brower
Politicians are like weather vanes. Our job is to make the wind blow.
I'm always impressed with what young people can do before older people tell them it's impossible - David R. Brower
I'm always impressed with what young people can do before older people tell them it's impossible
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