Carlos Magdalena > Quotes

“Plants do not bleed when slashed, can't scream when burned. They can't write a message in a book. They need someone to do it for them.”
― Carlos Magdalena, The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species

“With plants, obsession and passion are the key, otherwise you don't get anywhere.”
― Carlos Magdalena, The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species

“Each gene is a word; each organism a book. Each plant species that dies out contains words that have been written only in that book. If a plant species becomes extinct, one book is lost, and with it the words and messages it carried. We are burning the library of Alexandria every time we destroy a hectare of pristine habitat.”
― Carlos Magdalena, The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species

“I believe that every species has a right to live without justifying its existence and should not be wiped out by recklessness or economic interest.”
― Carlos Magdalena, The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species

“People need plants and plants need people, and spreading that message begins with me and you.”
― Carlos Magdalena, The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species

“The battle between those who use propagating knives to take cuttings and those who use axes to fell trees is like the one between David and Goliath. But we know who won.”
― Carlos Magdalena, The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species

“You only need to have a spark of interest. That interest leads to knowledge, that knowledge leads to care, and that care leads to action.”
― Carlos Magdalena, The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species

“We won’t find another planet and move to it: the chances of this happening are nil. We have been given one earth and we are not managing it properly. We don’t deserve another.”
― Carlos Magdalena, The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species