Mother Earth Quotes - Page 8

• Every walk to the woods is a religious rite, every bath in the stream is a saving ordinance. Communion service is at all hours, and the bread and wine are from the heart and marrow of Mother Earth.

  John Burroughs

  Mother, Religious, Nature

  John Burroughs, Charlotte Zoë Walker (2001). “The Art of Seeing Things: Essays”, p.223, Syracuse University Press

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• We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.

  Radhanath Swami

  Mother, Gratitude, Honor

  "The Bhakti Way of Investing in the Ecology of the Heart" by Radhanath Swami, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 17, 2011.

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• If winter is slumber and spring is birth, and summer is life, then autumn rounds out to be reflection. It's a time of year when the leaves are down and the harvest is in and the perennials are gone. Mother Earth just closed up the drapes on another year and it's time to reflect on what's come before.

  Mitchell Burgess

  Summer, Mother, Spring

  "Northern Exposure (Thanksgiving)". TV Series, November 23, 1992.

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• This life of yours which you are living is not merely a piece of this entire existence, but in a certain sense the whole... Thus you can throw yourself flat on the ground, stretched out upon mother earth, with the certain conviction that you are one with her and she with you.

  Erwin Schrodinger

  Life, Mother, Self

  "My View of the World". Book by Erwin Schrodinger, 1961.

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• As our mother-earth is a mere speck in the sunbeam in the illimitable universe, so man himself is but a tiny grain of protoplasm in the perishable framework of organic nature.

  Ernst Haeckel

  Mother, Men, Arrogance

  "The riddle of the universe".

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• There has never been a time on Earth like we see today. What we need are more ways to experience our interconnectedness - it is a precursor to deep love. So in this quickening light, with the dawn of each new day, let us look for love. Let us no longer struggle. Let us ever become who we most want to be. As we begin to be who we truly are, the world will be a better place.

  John Denver

  Struggle, Deep Love, Light

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• The desire to build a risk-free society has always been a sign of decadence. It has meant that the nation has given up, that it no longer believes in its destiny, that it has ceased to aspire to greatness, and has retired from history to pet itself.

  Henry Fairlie

  Believe, Greatness, Destiny

  "Paralysis in a Risk-Free Society" by Henry Fairlie, www.washingtonpost.com. July 22, 1979.

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• Be Thou praised, my Lord, of our Sister Mother Earth, which sustains and hath us in rule, and produces divers fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.

  Francis of Assisi

  Mother, Flower, Environmental

  Saint Francis (of Assisi) (1951). “The Little Flowers of St. Francis: The Mirror of Perfection; The Life of St. Francis”

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• One of the first laws against air pollution came in 1300 when King Edward I decreed the death penalty for burning of coal. At least one execution for that offense is recorded. But economics triumphed over health considerations, and air pollution became an appalling problem in England.

  Glenn T. Seaborg

  Kings, Air, Law

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• Mother Earth is hurting. And she needs a generation of thoughtful, caring and active kids like all of you to protect her for the future.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Mother, Hurt, Kids

  "Jonas Brothers among Kids' Choice winners" by Noela Hueso, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 29, 2009.

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• Thus you can throw yourself flat on the ground, stretched out upon Mother Earth, with certain conviction that you are one with her and she with you...

  Erwin Schrodinger

  Life, Mother, Experience

  "Quantum Questions: Mystical Writings of the World's Great Physicists" edited by Ken Wilber, 1984.

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• The loving care of Mother Earth is in many quarters replacing the former sense of obedience to the Heavenly Father.

  Lloyd Geering

  Mother, Father, Earth

  Lloyd Geering (2015). “The World to Come: From Christian Past to Global Future”, p.130, Bridget Williams Books

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• Celebrate Earth Day! A time to recognize the gains we have made. A time to create new actions to accelerate environmental progress. Protect our planet not only on Earth Day, but everyday!

  Ciaran Lynch

  Earth Day, Everyday, Environmental

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• Mother Earth is now stronger than She ever was before. It is almost like taking penicillin. You take it for a few days and then stop, and it makes the illness stronger. The Earth since nuclear experiments is very strong. Everything has been changing.

  Drunvalo Melchizedek

  Mother, Strong, Earth

  Source: lovinglifeonearth.wordpress.com

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• In this new millennium it is more important to defend the rights of the Mother Earth to guarantee human rights.

  Evo Morales

  Mother, Rights, Important

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

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• Sadly, I hate foreigners. And Americans. And animals. And flora, and some fauna. Also the magma that is the very core of this our mother earth. I'm full o' hate!

  Joss Whedon

  Mother, Hate, Animal

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• Making two possibilities a reality. Predicting the future of things we all know. Fighting off the diseased programming Of centuries, centuries, centuries, centuries. Science fails to recognise the single most Potent element of human existence. Letting the reigns go to the unfoldings faith, Science has failed our world. Science has failed our mother earth.

  Serj Tankian

  Mother, Fighting, Reality

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• It also called upon traditional people in the Four Directions to strengthen the healing ceremonies and asked people to heed the warnings of Mother Earth.

  Dennis Banks

  Mother, Healing, People

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• Many native cultures believe that the heart is the bridge between Father Sky and Mother Earth. For these traditions, the 'four-chambered heart,' the source for sustaining emotional and spiritual health, is described as being full, open, clear, and strong. These traditions feel that it is important to check the condition of the four-chambered heart daily, asking: 'Am I full-hearted, open-hearted, clear-hearted, and strong-hearted?'

  Angeles Arrien

  Mother, Spiritual, Strong

  Angeles Arrien (1993). “The four-fold way”

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  Respect Mother Earth and her giving ways or trade away our children's days.

  Neil Young

  Mother, Song, Children

  Song: Mother Earth, Album: Ragged Glory

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• Supposing the Mother Earth was very hot like the sun, there would have been no growth, or it was cold like moon, there would have been no growth. It had to come to the centre where it had both the things in proper proportions to grow. In the same way a human being has to work out that you keep a moderation and a balance and understand not to go to extremes of anything. That balance you learn when you love someone.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Mother, Wisdom

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• The common growth of Mother Earth Suffices me,-her tears, her mirth, Her humblest mirth and tears.

  William Wordsworth

  Mother, Growth, Tears

  William Wordsworth (1994). “The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.238, Wordsworth Editions

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• On me the tempest falls. It does not make me tremble. O holy Mother Earth, O air and sun, behold me. I am wronged.

  Aeschylus

  Mother, Fall, Air

  "Prometheus Bound". Play by Aeschylus,

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• Non-Indian writers usually say "Great Spirit," "Mother Earth," "Two-Legged, Four-Legged, and Winged." Mixed-blood writers usually say "Creator, "Mother Earth," "Two-Legged, Four- Legged, and Winged." Indian writers usually say "God," "Mother Earth," "Human Being, Dog, and Bird."

  Sherman Alexie

  Mother, Dog, Honesty

  David Lehman, Sherman Alexie (2015). “The Best American Poetry 2015”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

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• ...to return to their 'native soil,' as they say, to the bosom, so to speak, of their mother earth, like frightened children, yearning to fall asleep on the withered bosom of their decrepit mother, and to sleep there for ever, only to escape the horrors that terrify them.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Mother, Fear, Children

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2015). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.1064, First Avenue Editions

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