All these other creatures have an equal right to exist here. We have no prior rights to the Earth than anybody else, and if they're here, let's give them a chance to survive.
Interpretation
Human beings share the Earth with other creatures and should respect their right to exist.
This quote emphasizes the importance of recognizing the equality of all living beings and our responsibility to protect their existence. It challenges the notion that humans have superior rights over the Earth, advocating instead for a harmonious coexistence with all forms of life.
In practice
During a speech on environmental protection, you might quote this to emphasize the importance of biodiversity.
The conservation of nature, the proper care for the human environment and a general concern for the long-term future of the whole of our planet are absolutely vital if future generations are to have a chance to enjoy their existence on this earth.
Change does not change tradition, it strengthens it. Change is a challenge and anopportunity, not a threat.
This time of year, I live and breathe the beach. My cheeks feel raw with the wind throwing sand against them. My thighs sting from the friction of the saddle. My arms ache from holding up two thousand pounds of horse. I have forgotten what it is like to be warm and what a full night’s sleep feels like and what my name sounds like spoken instead of shouted across yards of sand. I am so, so alive.
And for all this, nature is never spent; There lives the dearest freshness deep down things; And though the last lights off the black West went Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs— Because the Holy Ghost over the bent World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
Konstantin Levin did not like talking and hearing about the beauty of nature. Words for him took away the beauty of what he saw.
I lean and loaf at my ease... observing a spear of summer grass.
The future of life on earth depends on our ability to take action. Many individuals are doing what they can, but real success can only come if there's a change in our societies and our economics and in our politics. I've been lucky in my lifetime to see some of the greatest spectacles that the natural world has to offer. Surely we have a responsibility to leave for future generations a planet that is healthy, inhabitable by all species
The whole of nature cries out at our mistreatment of her. If the planet were a patient, we would have treated her long ago.
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