Quote by: Lynn Margulis

To me, the human move to take responsibility for the living Earth is laughable - the rhetoric of the powerless. The planet takes care of us, not we of it. Our self-inflated moral imperative to guide a wayward Earth, or heal our sick planet, is evidence of our immense capacity for self delusion. Rather, we need to protect ourselves from ourselves.


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Author Bio


  • NameLynn Margulis
  • Descriptionbiologist
  • BornMarch 5, 1938
  • DiedNovember 22, 2011
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBiologist
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; National Medal Of Science; Darwin–Wallace Medal; William Procter Prize For Scientific Achievement