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Quotes About Earth

Awed by her splendor Stars near the lovely moon cover their own bright faces when she is roundest and lights earth with her silver
~ Sappho
Gongyla surely a sign especially for children who came here I said, O master [...] by the blessed Afroditi [...] I swear I take no pleasure in being on the earth but a longing seizes me to die and see the dewy lotus banks of the Aheron
~ Sappho
Earth is embroidered with rainbow-colored garlands
~ Sappho
Over the village of Paradise lightning jumped from cloud to cloud and then it put down long legs and walked the earth.
~ Sara Donati
Life is the most spectacular show on earth ?
~ Sara Gruen
Until I lose my soul and lie Blind to the beauty of the earth, Deaf though shouting wind goes by, Dumb in a storm of mirth; Until my heart is quenched at length And I have left the land of men, Oh, let me love with all my strength Careless if I am loved again.
~ Sara Teasdale
In The Wood I heard the water-fall rejoice Singing like a choir, I saw the sun flash out of it Azure and amber fire. The earth was like an open flower Enamelled and arrayed, The path I took to find its heart Fluttered with sun and shade. And while earth lured me, gently, gently, Happy and all alone, Suddenly a heavy snake Reared black upon a stone.
~ Sara Teasdale
Worship is about God in Christ. I suppose one could argue that if there were no people to do the worshiping, no worship would take place; but scripture paints a different picture. Worship goes on in heaven from the lips of the seraphim (see Isa. 6:2-3), while here on earth—should humans fail to praise—even the stones would cry out (see Luke 19:37-40).
~ Sarah Arthur
Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time of joyful hope and profound gratitude.
~ Pope Benedict XVI
With the Eucharist, therefore, heaven comes down to earth, the tomorrow of God descends into the present and it is as if time remains embraced by divine eternity.
~ Pope Benedict XVI
Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time
~ Tracy Kidder
Vancouver is one of my favorite places on earth. It's gray and rainy there a lot of the time, but for some reason, even though it's gray and rainy, I feel like it's a sunny day.
~ Billy Campbell
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
It's been a great adventure, everything I hoped for. But it's time to go home. I miss my family. I miss the Earth.
~ John Phillips
Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give.
~ Amy Lowell
It is the Christmas time: And up and down 'twixt heaven and earth, In glorious grief and solemn mirth, The shining angels climb.
~ Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
We can't control whether we are rewarded for our endeavours, with cash or recognition. It is not up to us how much cash or time we get on Earth, but it is down to us how we spend it.
~ Julian Baggini
Each time you take a mindful step you are back in the arms of Mother Earth and are reminded of your true sweet home in the here and now.
~ Nhat Hanh
The real pleasure was having the chance to enjoy being weightless, and the other was to... spend some time looking out at this beautiful spaceship Earth that we're all lucky to inhabit.
~ Robert Crippen
An aged Christian, with the snow of time upon his head, may remind us that those points of earth are whitest which are nearest to heaven.
~ Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Man walks the moon but his soul remains riveted to earth. Once upon a time it was the opposite.
~ Elie Wiesel
Jesus was the meeting place of eternity and time, the blending of deity and humanity, the junction of heaven and earth.
~ J. Oswald Sanders
A billion could live off the earth; 6 billion living as we do is far too many, and you run out of planet in no time.
~ James Lovelock
Now is the time...for this nation to take a clearly leading role in space achievement, which in many ways may hold the key to our future on Earth.
~ John F. Kennedy