"How many of you would agree that if nothing changes the world we’re living in is headed for troubled times? Yeah. If mankind does not spiritually evolve rapidly, at least more rapidly than it has over the last 10 millennia, it will not see another 10 millennia.
"If nothing changes the world we are living in is headed for truly troubling times – if nothing changes.
"Someday your current life is going to be a page in history; my life is going to be a page in history; Avatar is going to be a page in history. And maybe it will read from some burned-out radioactive ruin something like this:
“'Around the beginning of the 21st century there was a movement that involved a few hundred thousand people from different countries, who came together to create an enlightened planetary civilization. They failed.'
Or maybe it will read, from the bridge of a starship, something like this:
“'The current generations of mankind, sprinkled among the planets of the Milky Way, express their gratitude to the 21st century Wizards who laid the foundation for an enlightened planetary civilization.'"