Earth Quotes - Page 8

• I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  God, Atheist, Nature

  Quote magazine, August 14, 1966.

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• Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own;
  Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind,
  And, even with something of a mother's mind,
  And no unworthy aim,
  The homely nurse doth all she can
  To make her foster child, her inmate man,
  Forget the glories he hath known
  And that imperial palace whence he came.

  William Wordsworth

  Mother, Children, Men

  William Wordsworth (1837). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England, Now First Published with His Works ...”, p.388

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• It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.

  Pliny the Elder

  Mother, Men, Enemy

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• I speak of that learning which wakes us acquainted with the boundless extent of nature, and the universe, and which even while we remain in this world, discovers to us both heaven, earth, and sea.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Sea, Heaven, World

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• Friend, hast thou considered the "rugged, all-nourishing earth," as Sophocles well names her; how she feeds the sparrow on the housetop, much more her darling man?

  Thomas Carlyle

  Men, Names, Sparrows

  Thomas Carlyle, G. B. Tennyson (1984). “Carlyle Reader”, p.233, CUP Archive

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• The heavens and the earth may be captured by the mind's eye.

  Gautama Buddha

  Eye, Heaven, Mind

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• The earth, though in comparison of heaven so small, nor glistering, may of solid good contain more plenty than the sun, that barren shines.

  John Milton

  Shining, Heaven, May

  John Milton (1847). “The Poetical Works, of John Milton: With a Memoir and Seven Embellishments”, p.171

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• Earth, air, and ocean, glorious three.

  Robert Montgomery

  Ocean, Air, Three

  Robert Montgomery (1832). “Messiah”

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• Transiency is stamped on all our possessions, occupations, and delights. We have the hunger for eternity in our souls, the thought of eternity in our hearts, the destination for eternity written on our inmost being, and the need to ally ourselves with eternity proclaimed by the most short-lived trifles of time. Either these things will be the blessing or the curse of our lives. Which do yon mean that they shall be for you?

  Alexander MacLaren

  Heart, Mean, Blessing

  Alexander Maclaren (1908). “The Book of Esther”

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• I believe this earth on which we stand is but the vestibule to glorious mansions through which a moving crowd forever press.

  Joanna Baillie

  Believe, Moving, Forever

  Joanna Baillie (1851). “The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie ; Complete in One Volume”, p.525

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• Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Stars, Dark, Heaven

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• The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Book, Important, Comeback

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• Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.

  Nelson Rockefeller

  Inspirational, Art, Powerful

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• The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Spirit, Proof, Eternal

  Albert Schweitzer (1956). “An anthology”

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• Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Funny, Life, Nature

  Henry David Thoreau (1995). “Walden, Or, Life in the Woods”, p.90, Courier Corporation

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• The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Time, Moon, Men

  Henry David Thoreau, Barry Andrews (2005). “True Harvest: Readings from Henry David Thoreau for Every Day of the Year”, p.167, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

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• He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lives a great street-sweeper who did his job well'

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Jobs, Greatness, Heaven

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

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• The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.

  Barry Commoner

  Earth Day, Environmental, Use

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• We try to realize the essential unity of the world with the conscious soul of man; we learn to perceive the unity held together by the one Eternal Spirit, whose power creates the earth, the sky, and the stars, and at the same time irradiates our mind.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Stars, Men, Sky

  Rabindranath Tagore, General Press (2017). “The Complete Works of Rabindranath Tagore (Illustrated Edition)”, p.1867, GENERAL PRESS

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• The things that have acquired unity are these: Heaven by unity has become clear; Earth by unity has become steady; The Spirit by unity has become spiritual; The Valley by unity has become full; All things by unity have come into existence.

  Laozi

  Spiritual, Hurt, Heaven

  Laozi (1959). “Tao Tê Ching”

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• I believe I never knew what the word round meant until I saw Earth from space.

  Alexey Leonov

  Believe, Space, Saws

  "How Camera Drones are Changing Our World (and us)" by Claudine Chicheportiche, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 20, 2016.

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• Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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• The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.

  Pope John Paul II

  Nature, Land, Faithful

  Pope John Paul II (1987). “Unity in the work of service: on the occasion of his second pastoral visit to the United States”, United States Catholic Conference

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• No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Garden, Culture, Occupation

  Thomas Jefferson (1855). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”, p.6

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• Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

  Voltaire

  Earthquakes, Political, Politics

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