Raphael Harmel

“When the mind constantly runs
after the wandering senses,
it drives away wisdom, like the wind
blowing a ship off course.”
― Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, The Bhagavad Gita

“Long before the Industrial Revolution, Homo sapiens held the record among all organisms for driving the most plant and animal species to their extinctions. We have the dubious distinction of being the deadliest species in the annals of biology. Perhaps if more people were aware of the First Wave and Second Wave extinctions, they’d be less nonchalant about the Third Wave they are part of. If we knew how many species we’ve already eradicated, we might be more motivated to protect those that still survive.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind