Donald Grace

“The nations of the earth that most vigorously foul the planetary nest and those in possession of the most destructive arsenals ought to be governed only by young women with small kids. More than anyone else, such mothers must live in the future, and they also face each day the realities of raw human nature.. This gives them a special insight,”
― Mary Doria Russell, Children of God

“We the living planet, Sophie! We the great vessel sailing around a burning sun in the universe. But each and one of us is also a ship sailing through life with a cargo of genes. When we have carried this cargo safely to the next harbor- we have not lived in vain.”
― Jostein Gaarder

“There are things that are too big for us humans :
Pain,loneliness,and death, but also beauty, publicity and happiness. For them we created religion. What happens when we lose it? Those things are still too big for us. What is left for us is the poetry of the individual life.”
― Pascal Mercier, Night Train to Lisbon

“it is a terrible fact, but it is a fact, that few people have the imagination or the moral sensitivity to get very excited about actions which they don't participate in themselves.... and hence about which they feel no personal responsibility”
― Dwight Macdonald, Politics Past