James Lovelock

I am optimistic about technology, pessimistic about human nature.

The Earth has been through worse; it will survive us.

Innovation is the key to our survival.

We are not the center of the universe, nor of the Earth.

The feedback loops of Gaia are both stabilizing and surprising.

My work on Gaia was inspired by simple observations of the natural world.

Politicians are the last to understand science.

Life finds a way, but we must help it.

The anthropocene is our legacy of folly.

I laugh at those who deny climate change; reality will humble them.

Gaia is not a mother; she is a system.

Aging is the price we pay for complexity.

We need nuclear power to save the planet from fossil fuels.

The joy of discovery is what drives me.

Earth's atmosphere is a product of life.

Human overpopulation is the root of environmental ills.

I have no regrets; science has been my religion.

The Earth will shake us off like a bad habit.

Curiosity is the engine of progress.

We are stewards, not owners, of the Earth.