[TenaciousBadger]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

.....This we know: The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the Earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all: Man did not weave the web of life, he is but a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web he does to himself.
..........— Chief Seattle (1786? - 1866), Native American leader. Statement (1852). Quoted in The Great Thoughts (1961) by George Seldes (1985, Introduction and a new compilation by David Laskin © 1996).

This sounds like a promo on National Geographic (and not "sounds like" in a deprecating way but as in I actually recall the words).

These stuck with me for a long time.

Man did not weave the web of life, he is but a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web he does to himself.