An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea he answered with bold pride. What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship I am called a robber whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor.
Earth?s crammed with heaven And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees takes off his shoes The rest sit round it and pick blackberries And daub their natural faces unaware More and more from the first similitude.
There is enough for all. The earth is a generous mother; she will provide in plentiful abundance food for all her children if they will but cultivate her soil in justice and in peace.
God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: This is my country.
The World is so empty if one thinks only of the mountains rivers and cities; but to know someone who thinks and feels with usand who though distant is close to us in spirit this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
As we begin to comprehend that the earth itself is a kind of manned spaceship hurtling through the infinity of space – it will seem increasingly absurd that we have not better organized the life of the human family.
I conjure you my brethren to remain faithful to earth and do not believe those who speak unto you of super terrestrial hopes! Poisoners they are whether they know it or not.
In times of profound change the learners inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors we borrow it from our Children.
The best investment on earth is earth.
Earths crammed with heaven And every common bush afire with God.
The earth belongs to the living not to the dead.
Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.
One generation passeth away and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
We are here on Earth to do good for others. What the others are here for I do not know.
An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea he answered with bold pride. What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship I am called a robber whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor.
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
Earth?s crammed with heaven And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees takes off his shoes The rest sit round it and pick blackberries And daub their natural faces unaware More and more from the first similitude.
There is enough for all. The earth is a generous mother; she will provide in plentiful abundance food for all her children if they will but cultivate her soil in justice and in peace.
Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone.
God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: This is my country.
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
The World is so empty if one thinks only of the mountains rivers and cities; but to know someone who thinks and feels with usand who though distant is close to us in spirit this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
In a time of drastic change it is the learners who survive; the learned find themselves fully equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.
As we begin to comprehend that the earth itself is a kind of manned spaceship hurtling through the infinity of space – it will seem increasingly absurd that we have not better organized the life of the human family.
The supreme reality of our time is … the vulnerability of this planet.
Here bring your wounded hearts here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.
The soil out of which such men as he are made is good to be born on good to live on good to die for and to be buried in.
There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.
I conjure you my brethren to remain faithful to earth and do not believe those who speak unto you of super terrestrial hopes! Poisoners they are whether they know it or not.
Early things must be known to be loved: divine things must be loved to be known.
All people eat All people count for one of his kind All people die. Most people have funerals and Some people are funerals!
Our Father which art in heavenStay there And we will stay on earth Which is sometimes so pretty.
In times of profound change the learners inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
The earth is the cradle of the mind but one cannot eternally live in a cradle.
Earth thou great footstool of our God who reigns on high; thou fruitful source of all our raiment life and food; our house our parent and our nurse.
The green earth sends her incense up. From many a mountain shrine; From folded leaf and dewey cup She pours her sacred wine.
One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.
Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors we borrow it from our Children.