Quotes from Walter Truett Anderson

One species on the planet, and one species only, has reached the point of being able to have an impact on the evolutionary fortunes of all other species and upon the functioning of all ecosystems. We also have, in a way that is not true for any other species, a relationship to the planet as a whole and to the future. We live with all life.

It would be a great step toward a truly civil society if we understood that our public discourse isn't based on "hard facts," that all our wisdom is finite, and that nobody's opinion (not even yours or mine) is the final word.