Quotes About Coexistence

I swear, in Syria nobody used to ask whether you're Muslim or Christian. We had no idea what religion our friends were.

Grasshoppers don't plant." They migrate after consuming everything that belongs to the other.

I'm no longer a potential food source but a partner in the journey. I share my life and they share their knowledge.

Our presence is not inherently evil and undesirable; it just has to be at the right scale, speed, and design. We can be an expression of biodiversity as worthy as any other species with whom we have co-evolved; we have a place and a vibrant role to play in ecosystems. It is our wild excess of procreation, ill-considered consumption priorities, and unbridled frenzy of activity that drowns the possibilities and existence of individuals from other species. That is where we have gone wrong.

To seek, beneath the universal strife, the hidden harmony of things.

Being truly human and living in community are inseparable. This wisdom is beautifully captured in an African proverb: "I am human only because you are human."13

cada ser da natureza, inclusive o homem, precisa compreender que seu lugar na natureza não é ser o senhor, mas um parceiro, alguém que tem a missão de manter o mundo equilibrado, em perfeita harmonia para que o mundo nunca despenque de seu lugar.

I have amazing news for you. Man is not alone on this planet. He is part of a community, upon which he depends absolutely.

The premise of the Taker story is 'the world belongs to man'. … The premise of the Leaver story is 'man belongs to the world'.

The world must live. We are only one species among billions. The gods don't love us any more than they love spiders or bears or whales or water lilies.

No one species shall make the life of the world its own.' … That's one expression of the law. Here's another: 'The world was not made for any one species.

French and Swiss villages existed side by side along a largely invisible border, but Switzerland did not wish to wipe France from the map. Nor did the Swiss beseech their sons to shed the blood of French infidels. Gradually

Una cosa es desear la paz y otra muy distinta fingir que la guerra misma no existe" D

Live with wolves, and you learn to howl.

Precious had been a darling cat, too bad they'd had to get rid of her because she clashed with the furniture. Fortunately, the aquarium was a better fit.

I stop fighting my inner demons. We're on the same side now. T-shirt

We ourselves (one single species) have taken over vast tracts of the inhabitable surface of the planet. Surely, we should allow those other creatures we share the planet with to retain some part of their ancient heritage.

With or without us, the wild will return. .... It seems that, however grave our mistakes, nature will be able to overcome them, given the chance. The living world has survived mass extinctions several times before. But we humans cannot assume that we will do the same.

If we were to disappear overnight, the rest of the world would get on pretty well. But if they were to disappear, the land's ecosystems would collapse.

Give and take, that is the essence of what balance is all about.

Well, nobody can live longer in peace than his neighbor chooses. Nevertheless, it is not fair.

We don't need to eat anyone who would run, swim, or fly away if he could.

Diversity in all its forms is the path to greatness

No matter what political party you are with we all should not take politics with us everywhere we go making everything in life politically charged, We all need to take the politics everywhere idea and throw it so far down in the ocean that not even Jacques Cousteau will be able to find it