"If humanity keeps treating its problems from the perspective of personal convenience, future generations will encounter tremendous difficulties. The global population is increasing and our resources are diminishing daily. Take for example the desastrous effects of mass deforestation on the climate, the earth, and global ecology. We are facing a catastrophe because; guided by selfish interests, without thinking about the entire family of living beings; we don't consider the needs of life as a whole over the long term. If we don't think about these problems now, it's possible that future generations will be unable to ever resolve them."

--"His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso