"Mankind is not making the necessary effort to understand the relationship between himself and the phenomenal world. These two are very intimately related to one another. The relationship is the same as between mother and child. Just as the child is fed by the mother's milk, so should man enjoy the gifts of nature but, instead, he is like the greedy man who killed the goose that laid golden eggs, thinking he could extract all the eggs in one lump! Such acts of folly are being committed by scientists today, by exploiting Nature's gifts beyond all limits, creating a disastrous imbalance resulting in earthquakes that spell danger to humanity. Those who apply scientific discoveries without discrimination are to be blamed for this. They fail to consider with true deliberation, the effects of excessive depletion of the natural resources. They have no concern for the harmful effects that accrue to society from their inventions."
- Divine Discourse January 21, 1993