The reduction of the earth to an object simply for human's use/ possession is unthinkable in most traditional cultures... the earth belongs to itself and to all the component members of the community.

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 universe is composed of subjects to be communed with, not objects to be exploited. Everything has its own voice. Thunder and lightening and stars and planets, flowers, birds, animals, trees, ~~ all these have voices, and they constitute a community of existence that is profoundly related.

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.

If the religious experience were simply some naive impression of the uninformed it would not have resulted in such intellectual insight, such spiritual exaltation, such spectacular religious ritual, or in the immense volume of song and poetry and literature and dance that humans have produced.

The success or failure of any historical age is the extent to which those living at that time have fulfilled the special role that history has imposed upon them.

Vegetarianism is a way of life that we should all move toward for economic survival, physical well-being and spiritual integrity.