When I think about life on Earth, there should not be a species like us. And if there was, we should be out in the jungle killing each other in small groups. That's what you should expect.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is odd that we have so little relationship with nature, with the insects and the leaping frog and the owl that hoots among the hills calling for its mate. We never seem to have a feeling for all living things on the earth.
Of course, the plea for respect for nonhuman life goes far beyond the scientific delight of familiarity with our planet mates. The nonhuman forms of life with which we 6,000 million talking, upright apes share this finite planet are directly or indirectly connected to our well-being.
Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the fact that someday their lives will end.
I think humans have to learn a new way of dwelling on this earth. A way of living with their companions: animals, plants and fish.
By the law of averages, there has to be life elsewhere. The universe is so huge, and I don't think God would have created this whole big huge cosmos and just say there's only going to be life on Earth, and that's it.
Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species.
If you think about it, every single species is endangered. Homo sapiens at the front of the line, mosquitoes and lawyers at the back.
If we continue to address the issue of the environment where we live as though we're the only species that lives here, we'll create a disaster for ourselves.
Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
If we can move together as a species, I think that there is a possibility that we can make the world a better place.