I like that Damanhurians continue to have big dreams, even though they have already manifested many. I think that the revolution that I want requires many great models, to spark interest, and Damanhur is certainly one that I will add to my list of great models.

Patch Adams, American physician, comedian, social activist, clown, and author.

Damanhur and the Temples of Humankind are for the 21st century what Assisi was during the time of Saint Francis – both represent the most profound engagement for the wellbeing and dignity of all human beings, and the highest respect for other living beings and for all of creation.

Ashok Khosla, PhD, founder of Development Alternatives (India), co-chair of United Nations Environment Programme’s International Resource Panel (UNEP-IRP)

Damanhur is a new “insemination” for the world, bringing in ancient traditions. Damanhur has created a truly alternative model that can be imitated to face the moment of crisis and change that will put us to the test.

Jean Houston, Ph.D., scholar, philosopher and researcher in Human Capacities. One of the principal founders of the Human Potential Movement.

Damanhur for me is laboratory for the future of humanity. The future won’t be the same as the past, so we must change ourselves to create a sustainable future with solidarity and peace. This is what we must find, and I believe that Damanhur brings an extremely important contribution.

Ervin Laszlo, philosopher of science, systems theorist, integral theorist, originally a classical pianist. Founder of the Club of Budapest.

“I would like the leaders of the world to come and objectively study how a thousand people belonging to various countries could work together and together create a world that is worth of emulation. Today if the world has to survive—in spite of the nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction, high fanaticism and terrorism threatening the very existence of humanity on the planet,—I would consider Damanhur as an ideal model.” 

R. Karthikeyan, Former Director of Central Bureau of Investigation and of National Human Rights Commission, India.

In 2008, Damanhur was commended for exemplifying the principles of the Earth Charter by the late Ruud Lubbers, one of the Founding Fathers of the Earth Charter and former Prime Minister of the Netherlands; and Ashok Khosla, Chair of Development Alternatives, India, and former President of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and of the Club of Rome. The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society for the 21st century.

Ruud Lubbers, former-Prime Minister of the Netherlands and one of the Founding Fathers of the Earth Charter