Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

E. O. Wilson
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  3. L'utilité du vivre n'est pas en l'espace: elle est en l'usage. - Michel De Montaigne

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  1. I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife.

  2. You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all...

  3. If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.

  4. Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.

  5. When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.

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