We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit.
David SuzukiRead
If we humans are good at anything, it’s thinking we’ve got a terrific idea and going for it without acknowledging the potential consequences or our own ignorance.
Interpretation
Humans often pursue ideas passionately without fully understanding the consequences.
This quote by David Suzuki highlights the tendency of humans to become overly enthusiastic about their ideas and actions, often ignoring the possible negative outcomes and their own limitations in knowledge. It serves as a cautionary reminder to reflect critically on our decisions and to consider the broader implications of our pursuits.
In practice
During a team meeting, we discussed the importance of considering potential risks before launching a project.
We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit.
As parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts we need to start getting out into nature with the young people in our lives. Families play a key role in getting kids outside.
One of the joys of being a grandparent is getting to see the world again through the eyes of a child.
The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise. Our bodies have evolved to move, yet we now use the energy in oil instead of muscles to do our work.
Do you know how much land is under ice, rock and snow? Do you know why 90 percent of us live within 100 kilometres of the U.S. border? We have this idea we're a vast country. But the reality is that a lot of it, a huge amount, is uninhabitable.
We no longer see the world as a single entity. We've moved to cities and we think the economy is what gives us our life, that if the economy is strong we can afford garbage collection and sewage disposal and fresh food and water and electricity. We go through life thinking that money is the key to having whatever we want, without regard to what it does to the rest of the world.
An angry man is full of poison.
Our words reveal our thoughts; our manners mirror our self-esteem; our actions reflect our character; our habits predict the future.
You remember that my great vision came to me when I was only nine years old, and you have seen that I was not much good for anything until after I had performed the horse dance near the mouth of the Tongue River during my eighteenth summer.
We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
The one who is filled by virtue is like a newborn baby.
You clearly hate to yield, but you will regret it when your anger has passed. Such natures are justly the hardest for themselves to bear.
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