David Ehrenfeld quotes

“Humanity is on the march, earth itself is left behind.”
-- David Ehrenfeld

Source : "The Arrogance of Humanism". Book by David Ehrenfeld, 1978.

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“Patriotism is the admission that people who share a land, a place, and a history have a special obligation to that place and to each other.”
-- David Ehrenfeld

Source : David Ehrenfeld (2008). “Becoming Good Ancestors: How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology”, p.245, Oxford University Press

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“Patriotism is the opposite of selfish individualism.”
-- David Ehrenfeld

Source : David Ehrenfeld (2008). “Becoming Good Ancestors: How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology”, p.245, Oxford University Press

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“a society driven mainly by selfish individualism has all the potential for sustainability of a collection of angry scorpions in a bottle.”
-- David Ehrenfeld

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“Will the things that are being lost - the wilderness, the plants and animals, the skills, and all the others - leave too vast a gap in the human spirit? This is the unanswerable question. In the meantime, we must live in our century and wait, enduring somehow the unavoidable sadness.”
-- David Ehrenfeld

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“We must never forget that Christ did not suffer just during His three years of public ministry or the last few days of His life when He was crucified. No, He suffered throughout His life on earth. He who was without sin lived daily with the corruption and sinfulness of lost humanity.”

“We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity.”

“Science is global. Einstein's equation, E=mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it. Science does not differentiate between multiple races.”

“No religion is higher than humanity”

“In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and inspiration not seen since World War II, we cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity.”

“The main plank in the National Socialist program is to abolish the liberalistic concept of the individual and the Marxist concept of humanity and to substitute for them the folk community, rooted in the soil and bound together by the bond of its common blood.”

“All earth-born hopes with time must pass away; prayer grasps eternal things; pray, always pray.”

“The Earth is the most powerful and energetic planet.”

“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.”

“I would love to see a march on Washington that says 'Save our Social Security'”