Found this quote below in the book, “What Is to Be Done” - by Barry Jones, Political Engagement and Saving the Planet.

Man is but a reed, the feeblest in nature, but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the whole universe to take up arms to crush him. A vapor or a drop of water is enough to kill him. But even if the universe were to crush him, man would still be nobler than his killer, for he knows that he is dying and that the universe has the advantage over him. The universe knows nothing of this.

Thus all our dignity consists in thought. It is on thought that we must depend for our recovery, not on space or time, which we could never fill. Let us then strive to think well; that is the basic principle of morality. Blaise Pascal, "Pensées (Thoughts) - a collection of fragments written by the French 17th-century philosopher and mathematician.

This must read book is a collection of insightful articles from Barry Jones. Jones sees climate change as the greatest problem of our time, especially because political leaders are incapable of dealing with complex, long-term issues of such magnitude.