"Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth."

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"The Next Generation Space Telescope, which will be located much further away from the Earth than the Hubble Space Telescope presently is, will also explore the infrared part of the spectrum."

Claude Nicollier, American Astronaut

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"When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

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"Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual)."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

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"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

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"Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"The Earth's health is the only standard that is all-encompassing enough to overcome the ethnic, cultural, religious, and national tensions that are rending the world asunder. Only the Earth can become the central axis around which which world peace can be spun, for no religion is more compelling, no single nation larger, and no peoples older than the Earth itself. For that to happen, the collective human consciousness must expand enough so that our highest identification is as Earth-Humans."

Ilchi Lee, South Korean Author

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"I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there actually are in heaven and earth."

Nelson Goodman, American Philosopher

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"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

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"But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth."

Ted Shackelford, American Actor

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"Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me."

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"Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true."

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"I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words."

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"The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is."

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"The Next Generation Space Telescope, which will be located much further away from the Earth than the Hubble Space Telescope presently is, will also explore the infrared part of the spectrum."

"When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it."

"Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes."

"Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual)."

"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."

"Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere."

"I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there actually are in heaven and earth."

"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."

"But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth."

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"Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me."

"Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true."

"I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words."

"Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life."

"Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always."

"The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is."

"By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive."

"Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality."

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