Any Juric Park (novel) fans out there? I'm trying to find a specific molologue...?

It was when he was talking about how we could not destoy the earth because we did not have the power because when oxygen first apeared,it was a poison ,but the earth adapted.But we should stop polluting to save ourselves because the earth will always be here with or without us.I understand it completely because we humans think that we have so much power when in truth we are miniscule to the big picture.