“I have been on the road and visited numerous places and met people fro...” — Greta Thunburg Quote

“I have been on the road and visited numerous places and met people from all over the globe. I can say that it looks nearly the same everywhere I have been: The climate crisis is ignored by people in charge, despite the science being crystal clear.”

“We have to understand what the older generation has dealt to us, what mess they have created that we have to clean up and live with.”

“We can't just continue living as if there was no tomorrow, because there is a tomorrow.”

“The climate crisis is both the easiest and the hardest issue we have ever faced. The easiest because we know what we must do. We must stop the emissions of greenhouse gases. The hardest because our current economics are still totally dependent on burning fossil fuels, and thereby destroying ecosystems in order to create everlasting economic growth.”

“It is our future on the line, and we must at least have a say in it.”

“Some say we should not engage in activism. Instead we should leave everything to our politicians and just vote for a change instead. But what do we do when there is no political will? What do we do when the politics needed are nowhere in sight?”

“Look to the past to help create the future. Look to science and to poetry. Combine innovation and interpretation. We need the best of both. And it is universities that best provide them.”

“Beynin devreleri, hayatta kalmamız için uygun davranışları üretecek şekilde düzenlenmiştir. Elma, yumurta ya da patatesin tadını beğenmemizin nedeni, içerdikleri moleküllerin harikulade biçimleri değil, bunların kusursuz birer şeker ve protein paketi, bir başka deyişle bankanızda saklayabileceğiniz enerji dolarları olmasıdır. Yararlı oldukları için bizler de bu yiyeceklerin tadını beğenecek şekilde programlanmışızdır.”

“O darwinismo é uma teoria de processos cumulativos tão lentos que se desenrolam ao longo de milhares e milhões de anos. Todos os nossos juízos intuitivos sobre o que é provável mostram-se errados por larga margem.”

“In the enigma of existence, nature becomes a wordless teacher whose very process serves as a path toward deeper knowledge and insight. Science seeks to understand nature through observation and measurement. Daoism seeks a way of life that is most natural (自然, Ziran), guided by an attunement to nature, the discernment of its patterns and the expression that follows.”

“Luckily, unreasonable expectations go hand in hand with naive young scientists. The more naive the better - otherwise we would never have the audacity to try and build a 22,000-mile-high space elevator or some sprawling underwater hotel.”