Creatures Quotes - Page 29

• That special substance according to whose mass and degree of development all the creatures of this world take rank in the scale of creation, is not bone, but brain.

  Hugh Miller

  Science, Brain, Special

  Hugh Miller, Louis Agassiz (1859). “The Foot-prints of the Creator: Or, The Asterolepis of Stromness”, p.160

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• If God is to create or to preserve a creature, God must be present and must make and preserve God's creation both in its innermost and outermost aspects.

  Martin Luther

  God's Creation, Evolution, Aspect

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• God's entire divine nature is wholly and entirely in all creatures, more deeply, more inwardly, more present than the creature is to itself.

  Martin Luther

  Evolution, Divine, Divine Nature

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• Oh, what thoughts man might have had about the fact that God is in all creatures, and so might have reflected on the power and the wisdom of God in even the smallest flowers!

  Martin Luther

  Flower, Evolution, Smallest

  "Luther's Works: Table talk".

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• Adam was created, as it were, intoxicated with rejoicing toward God and was delighted also with all the other creatures.

  Martin Luther

  Evolution, Adam, Rejoice

  Jaroslav Jan Pelikan, Martin Luther (1958). “Luther's Works, Volume 1 (Genesis Chapters 1-5)”, Concordia Pub House

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• Adam and Eve derived the fullness of joy and bliss from their contemplation of all the animal creatures.

  Martin Luther

  Animal, Joy, Evolution

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• God wants to be praised for nourishing and cherishing, for He cherishes all creatures. He is not only the Creator, but He is also the Sustainer and Nourisher.

  Martin Luther

  Want, Evolution, Cherish

  "Luther's Works: Lectures on Genesis".

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• This planet is an exquisitely arranged and interconnected system. What's controlled in one place is going to have consequences in another place. Our job as gardeners is to try and figure this out no matter how small our allotted space might be. Discipline has to be the watchword for our controlling hands. It means not gardening without thinking of the garden as a habitat: for mice, for squirrels, for bees and wasps. For other living creatures beyond ourselves.

  Marjorie Harris

  Life, Jobs, Mean

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• All abuse and waste of God's creatures are spoil and robbery on the property of the Creator.

  Adam Clarke

  Abuse, Waste, Creation

  Adam Clarke (1825). “The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments ... : with a Commentary and Critical Notes Designed to Help to a Better Understanding of the Sacred Writings”, p.25

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• Let a man fear, above all, me, his God, and so much the gentler will he become toward my creatures and animals, on whom, on account of me, their Creator, he ought to have compassion.

  Bridget of Sweden

  Men, Compassion, Animal

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• Now if I believe in God's Son and remember that He became man, all creatures will appear a hundred times more beautiful to me than before. Then I will properly appreciate the sun, the moon, the stars, trees, apples, as I reflect that he is Lord over all things. ...God writes the Gospel, not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.

  Martin Luther

  Beautiful, Stars, Believe

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• I believe that where the love of God is perfected and the true spirit of government watchfully attended to, a tenderness toward all creatures will be experienced, and a care felt in us that we do not lessen that sweetness of life in the animal creation which the Great Creator intends for them under our government.

  John Woolman

  Believe, Animal, Government

  John Woolman (1837). “A Journal of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Christian Experiences, of that Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman”, p.171

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• What a strange creature man is that he fouls his own nest.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Men, Nests, Strange

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• Build this day on a foundation of pleasant thoughts. Never fret at any imperfections that you fear may impede your progress. Remind yourself, as often as necessary, that you are a creature of God and have the power to achieve any dream by lifting up your thoughts. You can fly when you decide that you can. Never consider yourself defeated again. Let the vision in your heart be in your life's blueprint. Smile!

  Og Mandino

  Dream, Inspiration, Heart

  Og Mandino (2010). “A Better Way to Live: Og Mandino's Own Personal Story of Success Featuring 17 Rules to Live By”, p.68, Bantam

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• The man-worshipers, in my sense of the term, are those who see man's highest potential and strive to actualize it. The man-haters are those who regard man as a helpless, depraved, contemptible creature-and struggle never to let him discover otherwise.

  Ayn Rand

  Trust, Struggle, Men

  Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.12, Penguin

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• Love never asks what benefit it will derive from love. Love from its very nature is a disinterested thing. It loves for the creature's sake it loves, and for nothing else.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Valentines Day, Benefits, Sake

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• Drink is in itself a good creature of God, and to be received with thankfulness, but the abuse of drink is from Satan, the wine is from God, but the Drunkard is from the Devil.

  Increase Mather

  Wine, Godly, Abuse

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• The curse of marriage
  That we can call these delicate creatures ours
  And not their appetites!

  William Shakespeare

  Marriage, Vapor, Adultery

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 260

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• All creatures, day and night, make manifestation of Allah. Some of them know what they are doing and are aware of their manifesting, while others are unaware. However it may be, Allah's manifestation is confirmed.

  Rumi

  Wisdom, Islamic, Night

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• The fact that we are born with the potential to go from simple survival to God-consciousness is the remarkable trait that sets our nervous systems apart from all other creatures. How to Know God.

  Deepak Chopra

  Simple, Survival, Facts

  Deepak Chopra (2000). “How to Know God: The Soul's Journey Into the Mystery of Mysteries”, Harmony

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• One should pay attention to even the smallest crawling creature for these too may have a valuable lesson to teach us.

  Black Elk

  Inspirational, Nature, Attention

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• Not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures.

  Elizabeth Goudge

  Flower, Butterfly, Bird

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• The plow is one of the most ancient and most valuable of man's inventions; but long before he existed the land was in fact regularly plowed, and still continues to be thus plowed by earthworms. It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world, as have these lowly organized creatures.

  Charles Darwin

  Inspirational, Men, Garden

  Charles Darwin (1884). “Darwinism Stated by Darwin Himself: Characteristic Passages from the Writings of Charles Darwin”

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• Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; he is halfway between an ape and a god and he is travelling in the right direction.

  William Ralph Inge

  Journey, Men, Apes

  Outspoken Essays: Second Series 'Confessio Fidei'

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• Standing before you as the advocate of the lower races, I declare what I believe cannot be gainsaid...that just so soon and so far as we pour into all our schools the songs, the poems, and literature of mercy toward these lower creatures, just so soon and so far shall we reach the roots not only of cruelty, but of crime.

  George Thorndike Angell

  Song, Believe, School

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