Quotes About Land

Iceland straddles a rip in the earth's mantle, and the two plates riven through the land are slowly pulling it apart, at the speed of fingernail growth. There

Where there are those who honour their locality and celebrate a sense of belonging, others can be cast out as not belonging. And here are the seeds of racism and persecution. When the romantic reifies the land, ugly things might be done in the name of that land.

10When the Lord your God brings you into the land that He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to assign to you—great and flourishing cities that you did not build, 11houses full of all good things that you did not fill, hewn cisterns that you did not hew, vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and you eat your fill, 12take heed that you do not forget the Lord who freed you from the land of Egypt, the house of bondage.

Our object must be to bring our territory into harmony with the numbers of our population.

As opposed to this, we National Socialists must hold unflinchingly to our aim in foreign policy, namely, to secure for the German people the land and soil to which they are entitled on this earth. And this action is the only one which, before God and our German posterity, would make any sacrifice of blood seem justified.

Fatherland or colony.

Su questa terra ci sono infinite estensioni ancora inutilizzate, e che aspettano di essere coltivate. Questi territori non sono stati tenuti in serbo dalla natura per certe razze, ma sono territori aperti ai popoli che possiedono la forza di conquistarli e la diligenza di coltivarli. La natura non conosce frontiere politiche: il più forte per coraggio e diligenza ottiene il diritto di signoria sulla vita

Let them look to the past, but let them also look to the future; let them look to the land of their ancestors, but let them look also to the land of their children.

America is still the land of opportunity, and hard work is still a pathway to success.

We started the peace process on the basis of land for peace and on the basis of U.N. resolution 242 and 338,1 as well as other international decisions on achieving the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.

Land ownership has never been a problem. People have access to land. The peasants cannot complain about land ownership.

I speak of a Canada where men and women of aboriginal ancestry, of French and British heritage, of the diverse cultures of the world, demonstrate the will to share this land in peace, in justice and with mutual respect.

What, I ask, has the fixed and solid nature of the earth to do with the right of appropriation? (...) But the creator of the land does not sell it: he gives it; and, in giving it, he is no respecter of persons. Why, then, are some of his children regarded as legitimate, while others are treated as bastards? If the equality of shares was an original right, why is the inequality of conditions a posthumous right?

Dor woke again as dawn came. The sun had somehow gotten around to the east, where the land was, and dried off so that it could shine again.

PRAYER to the sun above the clouds. Sun that givest all things birth, shine on everything on earth! If that's too much to demand, shine at least on this our land. If even that's too much for thee, shine at any rate on me.

Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, once a distant outpost of the pagan world, has become, through the preaching of the Gospel, a beloved and gifted portion of Christ's vineyard.

Kau mengabdi pada tanah ini, tanah yang memberimu nasi dan air. Tapi para raja dan para pengeran dan para bupati sudah jual tanah keramat ini pada Belanda. Kau hanya baru sampai melawan para raja, para pangeran, dan para bupati. Satu turunan tidak bakal selesai. Kalau para raja, pangeran, dan bupati sudah dikalahkan, baru kau bisa berhadapan pada Belanda. Entah berapa turunan lagi. Tapi kerja itu mesti dimulai.

There is at least one advantage to being an Indonesian citizen: With this country's expanse of land and even greater expanse of sea, it's not difficult finding space for one's grave.

Pemerintah punya mau. Orang gunung punya mau sendiri. Kampon(g) tetap kampon(g). Desa ada boleh di darat - Mana Sambur, Ketika Mendengar Pembangunan Gereja Kristen & Pembangunan Desa.

I was a tourist in a bizarre land. I was home.

Kabîr says: "If you merge your life in the Ocean of Life, you will find your life in the Supreme Land of Bliss.

Now that a full flood of music has swept over our country, let Nikhil practise his scales, while we rouse the land with our cracked voices[.]

Did you leave behind you your love, my heart, and miss peace through all your days? And is the path you followed lost and forgotten, making your return hopeless? I go roaming listening to brooks' babble, to the rustle of leaves. And it seems to me that I shall find the way, that reaches the land of lost love beyond the evening stars.

There is no way to ease the burden. The voyage leads on from harm to harm, A land of others and of silence.