Cognitive Coherence with Ziara Walter Akari

"The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.” - Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

"A society built on the narrow definition of self-interest we have today is not capable of meeting the big challenges of our time." - Tosh Szatow

"You will not apply my precept," he said, shaking his head. "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? We know that he did not come through the door, the window, or the chimney. We also know that he could not have been concealed in the room, as there is no concealment possible. When, then, did he come?" - Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of the Four

"The time is past when humankind thought it could selfishly draw on exhaustible resources. We know now the world is not a commodity, is not a source of revenue; it's a common good, it's our heritage. And the consequences of climate change are fully known now – we're not talking about theories anymore, we're talking about certainties." - François Hollande

“Since mankind's dawn, a handful of oppressors have accepted the responsibility for our lives that we should have accepted for ourselves. By doing so, they took our power. By doing nothing, we gave it away. We've seen where their way leads, through camps and wars, towards the slaughterhouse.” - Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

“We are the sum total of our experiences. Those experiences – be they positive or negative – make us the person we are, at any given point in our lives. And, like a flowing river, those same experiences, and those yet to come, continue to influence and reshape the person we are, and the person we become. None of us are the same as we were yesterday, nor will be tomorrow.” - B.J. Neblett

“When it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts." - Michael Ende, The Neverending Story

“They joined hands. So the world ended. And the next one began." - Sarah J. Maas

"I am a child of the Moon being raised by the Sun in a world walked by stars and a sky drawn with flowers." - Zara Ventris

"The night is the darkest right before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming." - Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight

“We are running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe.” - Elon Musk

"There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." - Marshall McLuhan

“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” - Edmund Burke

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." - Aldous Huxley

“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love." - Martin Luther King Jr