Earth Quotes - Page 29

• When you are before the altar where Christ reposes, you ought no longer to think that you are amongst men; but believe that there are troops of angels and archangels standing by you, and trembling with respect before the sovereign Master of Heaven and earth. Therefore, when you are in church, be there in silence, fear, and veneration.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Believe, Angel, Men

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• The earth paints a portrait of the sun at dawn with sunflowers in bloom. Unhappy with the portrait, she erases it and paints it again and again.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Unhappy, Sunflower, Dawn

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• Everything is cleansed and purified by the rains, and the Earth blossoms in beauty.

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Rain

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• When a sincere woman begins to dance, the seven heavens, the earth, and all creatures begin to dance.

  Shams Tabrizi

  Heaven, Sincere, Seven

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• On a specific day marked on the earth's calendar, and in a specific place on the earth's map, the Son of God came to the planet. It was love.

  Billy Graham

  Son, Calendars, Maps

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• Honor to the earth," the abbot said, "honor to the dead in the passing of the year; honor to the living, in the coming of the new. A Great Year passes tonight. A new one begins. Let the good that is old continue and let the rest perish.

  C. J. Cherryh

  New Year, Years, Great Year

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• The earth has enough resources for our need, but not for our greed.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Greed, Needs, Enough

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• We are all here on earth to help others.

  W. H. Auden

  Funny Life, Helping Others, Helping

  W H Auden (1981). “Antæus”, Ecco Press

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• For even if the Word in His immeasurable essence united with the nature of man into one person, we do not imagine that He was confined therein. Here is something marvellous: the Son of God descended from heaven in such a way that, without leaving heaven, He willed to be borne in the virgin's womb, to go about the earth, and to hang upon the cross; yet He continuously filled the world even as He had done from the beginning.

  John Calvin

  Son, Men, Essence

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• We all have only one life to live on Earth, and through television we have the choice of encouraging others to demean this life or to cherish it in creative, imaginative ways.

  Fred Rogers

  Choices, Creative, Television

  Fred Rogers (2004). “The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, Large Print Press

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• What makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on earth.

  Barack Obama

  America, Together, Exceptional

  Second Presidential Election Victory Speech, delivered 7 November 2012, McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois

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• The destruction of the earth’s environment is the human rights challenge of our time.

  Desmond Tutu

  Rights, Challenges, Environment

  "Facing One of the Greatest Human Rights Challenges of Our Time" by Jackie Jenkins-Scott, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 10, 2014.

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• If you, who are organised by Divine Providence for spiritual communion, refuse, and bury your talent in the earth, even though you should want natural bread, sorrow and desperation pursue you through life, and after death shame and confusion of face to eternity.

  William Blake

  Spiritual, Confusion, Sorrow

  William Blake (1926). “Prefatory note There is no natural religion. All religions are one. The marriage of heaven and hell Visions of the daughters of Albion. A song of liberty. America. Europe. The book of Urizen. The book of Los. Ahania. The song of Los. The four Zoas. Milton. Jerusalem. On Homer's poetry; On Virgil. Laocoön. The ghost of Abel”

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• When you look at the whole package of energy, the food you eat should match the story you want to live, which means: as fresh as possible, without dullness, repetition, and routine. As colorful as possible, giving delight to the eyes; food is a rainbow brought down to earth. As cheerful as possible, maximizing moments of happiness and pleasure.

  Deepak Chopra

  Mean, Eye, Rainbow

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• To awaken within the dream is our purpose now. When we are awake within the dream, the ego-created earth-drama comes to an end and a more benign and wonderous dream arises.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Dream, Drama, Ego

  Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.159, Penguin

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• Earth recedes....Heav en opens before me.

  Dwight L. Moody

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• The more of heaven there is in our lives, the less of earth we shall covet.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Heaven, Our Lives

  Charles Spurgeon (2015). “Daily Devotion - 365 Days With Jesus”, p.97, Editora Dracaena

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• There is more grace per square foot in San Francisco than any place on earth.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Squares, Feet, San Francisco

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• We are being wiped off the face of this earth
  At an extremely alarming rate
  And even more alarming is the fact
  That we are not fighting back

  Tupac Shakur

  Fighting, Faces, Facts

  Song: Words of Wisdom, Album: 2Pacalypse Now

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• In Christ alone God’s rich provision of salvation for sinners is treasured up: by Christ alone God’s abundant mercies come down from heaven to earth. Christ’s blood alone can cleanse us; Christ’s righteousness alone can cleanse us; Christ’s merit alone can give us a title to heaven. Jews and Gentiles, learned and unlearned, kings and poor men--all alike must either be saved by the Lord Jesus, or lost forever.

  J. C. Ryle

  Jesus, Kings, Men

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• There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.

  Seneca the Younger

  Stars, Latin, History

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• The Muslim call to prayer is one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.

  Barack Obama

  Prayer, Sunset, Sound

  "Pundits Blame the Victims on Obama Muslim Myth". www.huffingtonpost.com. August 24, 2010.

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• Once a photograph of the Earth, taken from outside, is available, once the sheer isolation of the Earth becomes known, a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose.

  Fred Hoyle

  Powerful, Taken, Ideas

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• We expect to see the day when temples will dot the earth, each one a house of the Lord.

  Bruce R. McConkie

  House, Dots, Temples

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• You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment.

  Nhat Hanh

  Mother, Environment, Within You

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