If you don't have a moral question governing your society, then you don't have a society that is going to survive.
Oren LyonsAll things are bound together, all things connect. Whatever befalls the earth, befalls also the children of the earth.
Oren LyonsThe law says if you poison the water, youโll die. The law says that if you poison the air, youโll suffer. The law says if you degrade where you live, youโll suffer... If you donโt learn that, you can only suffer. Thereโs no discussion with this law.
Oren LyonsWhat if we choose to eradicate ourselves from this Earth, by whatever means? The Earth goes nowhere. And in time, it will regenerate... There may not be people, but the Earth will regenerate. And you know why? - Because the Earth has all the time in the world and we don't.
Oren LyonsI do not see a delegation for the four-footed. I see no seat for the eagles. We forget and we consider ourselves superior, but we are after all a mere part of the Creation. And we must continue to understand where we are. And we stand between the mountain and the ant, somewhere and there only, as part of the Creation.
Oren Lyons