bs2> In 1971.. ‘As we watch the sun go down, evening after evening, through the smog across the poisoned waters of our native earth, we must ask ourselves seriously whether we really wish some future universal historian on another planet to say about us: “With all their genius and with all their skill, they ran out of foresight and air and food and water and ideas,” or, “They went on playing politics until their world collapsed around them.”’ #UThant in The #GreatDerangement
In The #GreatDerangement, #AmitavGhosh quotes U Thant. The above quote is from when I was a one-year old but I have vague memories of the name U Thant... A quick search showed me that my image of him got confused with other images of Asians, or maybe mean comic depictions or something. A quick search shows that the previous post's quote already a meme on #AZquotes, along with another by Buddhist U Thant about everyone deserving respect, like in #Catholic #LaudatoSi by #PopeFrancis: #dignity.