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Ovidiu’s Quotes

“Arta de a divaga – și a rămâne totuși în veșnicie – mi se pare un secret pe care majoritatea modernilor l-au uitat”
― Mircea Eliade, Oceanografie

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“We have come as far as we have because we are the cleverest creatures to have ever lived on Earth. But if we are to continue to exist, we will require more than intelligence. We will require wisdom.”
― David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

tags: nature, science, wisdom

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“We often talk of saving the planet, but the truth is that we must do these things to save ourselves. With or without us, the wild will return.”
― David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

tags: conservationism

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“Cred că cel mai mare păcat contra umanității este tristețea disperată ridicată ca valoare supremă a spiritualității”
― Mircea Eliade, Oceanografie

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“Boastful as Truman could be in speeches about the aerial bombardment of cities, the ground-level reality jerked him into an apocalyptic frame of mind. “I hope for some kind of peace—but I fear that machines are ahead of morals by some centuries.” He added, “We are only termites on a planet and maybe when we bore too deeply into the planet there’ll [be] a reckoning—who knows?”
― Gary J. Bass, Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia

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