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Who Says Humanity Has Dominion Over The Earth

Posted in Environment, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 7, 2026| Leave a Comment »

If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land.  Within a few months.
    —     E. O. Wilson
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…Ourselves Or Each Other

Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged , , , , , , , on September 25, 2025| Leave a Comment »

We start out a million years ago in a small community on some grassy plain;  we hunt animals, have children, and develop a rich social, sexual, and intellectual life, but we know almost nothing about our surroundings.
    —    Carl Sagan
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We Have A Long Way To Go

Posted in Education, Environment, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 19, 2025| Leave a Comment »

We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
    —     E. O. Wilson
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The Rule Of Law Is All Of Our Business

Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on June 22, 2025| 2 Comments »

Someplace between apathy and anarchy is the stance of the thinking human being;  he does embrace a cause, he does take a position, and can’t allow it to become business as usual.  Humanity is our business.
    —    Rod Serling
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Things Which Renew

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 1, 2025| 2 Comments »

A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
    —     Buddha
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Truth And Justice Benefit Humanity

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , on March 16, 2025| 2 Comments »

I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
    —    Malcolm X
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Triple Truth

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 13, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Teach this triple truth to all:  A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
   —     Buddha
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I Seem To Be Chuckling

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , on August 26, 2024| 3 Comments »

Humanity takes itself too seriously.  It is the world’s original sin.  If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.
    –     Oscar Wilde
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Reasons For Leaving Your Corner

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.  Without them, humanity cannot survive.
    —    Dalai Lama
You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you.  You have to go to them sometimes.
    —    Winnie the Pooh
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On Immigration

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on June 21, 2024| 2 Comments »

After all there is but one race – humanity.
    ––     George Moore
From: “The Bending of the Bough:  A Comedy in Five Acts“
I am a man;  I count nothing human foreign to me.
    ––     Publius Terentius Afer (aka:  Terence)
From the play:  “Heauton Timorumenos, The Self-Tormentor“
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Actually, We’re Apes Not Monkeys

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star.  But we can understand the Universe.  That makes us something very special.
    —    Stephen Hawking
[I’m not convinced we’re all THAT special.  Also, we are trying to understand the Universe.  It remains to be seen if we “can” or not.    —    kmab]
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Be Careful…

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , on November 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Be careful to separate people from the policies of their governments.
Be careful to separate people from the actions of terrorists who live among them.
Be careful not to collapse history and context into narrow interpretation.
Be careful not to eschew complexity and nuance for the sake of meme-ification.
Be careful to recognize that grief for one side does not mean hate for the other.
Be careful to understand that support for one side does not mean hate for the other.
Be careful of gaslighting on a mass level:  disinformation and denial of loss.
Be careful not to dismiss the excruciating and real pain of others.  Do not make it worse.
Be careful not to say things online that you would not say to someone in real life.
Be careful not to add hatred on top of hatred;  we are all being crushed underneath its compounding weight.
Be careful not to lose empathy for those with whom you disagree.
Be careful not to dehumanize others.  Doing so dehumanizes you.
Do not lose touch with the parts of you needed most:  Your compassion.  Your humanity.  Your care.
    —    Esther Perel
[Another post first viewed on Facebook.  FB contributions rarely cite the original source;  just the author’s name.  I don’t know if these lines were from a book, a speech or a poem.    —    kmab]
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Inside Everything Are Richer Messages

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , on August 11, 2023| Leave a Comment »

The universe was made on purpose, the circle said.  In whatever galaxy you happen to find yourself, you take the circumference of a circle, divide it by its diameter, measure closely enough, and uncover a miracle — another circle, drawn kilometers downstream of the decimal point.  There would be richer messages farther in.  It doesn’t matter what you look like, or what you’re made of, or where you come from.  As long as you live in this universe, and have a modest talent for mathematics, sooner or later you’ll find it.  It’s already here.  It’s inside everything.  You don’t have to leave your planet to find it.  In the fabric of space and in the nature of matter, as in a great work of art, there is, written small, the artist’s signature.  Standing over humans, gods, and demons, subsuming Caretakers and Tunnel builders, there is an intelligence that antedates the universe.
    —    Carl Sagan
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The Dissent We Witness

Posted in History, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 21, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Man is about to be an automaton;  he is identifiable only in the computer.  As a person of worth and creativity, as a being with an infinite potential, he retreats and battles the forces that make him inhuman.  The dissent we witness is a reaffirmation of faith in man;  it is protest against living under rules and prejudices and attitudes that produce the extremes of wealth and poverty and that make us dedicated to the destruction of people through arms, bombs, and gases, and that prepare us to think alike and be submissive objects for the regime of the computer.
    —    William O. Douglas
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
[Resistance / dissent is – probably – already futile…    —    kmab]
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Discovering Humanity

Posted in Disclaimer, Guitar, Music, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on November 12, 2022| Leave a Comment »

The joy of playing classical guitar extends beyond the prize (the perfect performance).  It’s the daily journey and how we travel it.  That’s where we find the gold.  That’s where we discover the humanity, in both the music and in ourselves.
    —    Allen Mathews
Allen Mathews is a professional musician and classical guitar instructor who maintains a site located at:  https://classicalguitarshed.com/
Every Tuesday, Allen posts a quote (which may or may not be specifically about music).   He then goes on to tie the quote to a “teaching moment”.  Allen’s “Quote page” is located at:  https://classicalguitarshed.com/tuesday-quotes/
[Disclaimer:  Although I have viewed many of Allen’s videos and subscribed to his emails for over a year, I have not personally purchased any of his packages of instruction as I am merely dabbling in “classical” guitar to see what it’s about.  I have no other association with Allen or his site and have not requested permission to re-post this quote.  If he requests it, I will remove or substantially edit this quote.    —    kmab]
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