It is false to say that humanity is the most excellent being in the universe. The most excellent being in the universe is the universe itself.

If the earth does grow inhospitable toward human presence, it is primarily because we have lost our sense of courtesy toward the earth and its inhabitants.

As in creating some significant work the artist first experiences something akin to dream awareness that becomes clarified in the creative process itself, so we must first have a vision of the future sufficiently entrancing that it will sustain us in the transformation of the human project that is now in process.

It is false to say that humanity is the most excellent being in the universe. The most excellent being in the universe is the universe itself.

The present urgency is to begin thinking within the context of the whole planet, the integral earth community with all its human and other-than-human components.

The universe is the primary revelation of the divine, the primary scripture, the primary locus of divine-human communication.

Scientists have suddenly become aware of the magic quality of the Earth and the entire universe.