Spreuken over Natuur

The control man has secured over nature has far outrun his control over himself.

Humanity is part of nature, a species that evolved among other species. The more closely we identify ourselves with the rest of life, the more quickly we will be able to discover the sources of human sensibility and acquire the knowledge on which an enduring ethic, a sense of preferred direction, can be built.

I am sorry these people had to lose their lives. But that's the nature of the beast. It's understood going in what the human toll will be.

By their nature, refugees don't have documentation. We don't necessarily expect them to have documentation. A lot of it is just based on interviews and experts knowing the veracity of the information. If you're someone who participated in the atrocity, it's a pretty easy sell to cast yourself as a victim of the atrocity.

If there's significant damage done in the Gulf, there's going to be a supply impact on gasoline, diesel and natural gas.