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Quotes About Earth

As Jesus says, "The Kingdom of the Father is spread out upon earth, and men do not see it.
~ Adyashanti
You'll see all other mortal sinners, the ones who flout the honor owed to gods or guests, or loving parents--you'll see them get the justice they deserve. For Hades holds men mightily to a strict accounting down below the earth; he sees all things, inscribes them within the book of his remembering.
~ Aeschylus
For this our task hath Fate spun without fail to last for ever sure, that we on man weighed down with deeds of hate should follow till the earth his life immure. Nor when he dies can he boast of being truly free.
~ Aeschylus
The holy heaven yearns to wound the earth, and yearning layeth hold on the earth to join in wedlock; the rain, fallen from the amorous heaven, impregnates the earth, and it bringeth forth for mankind the food of flocks and herds and Demeter's gifts; and from that moist marriage-rite the woods put on their bloom.
~ Aeschylus
The air is Zeus, Zeus earth, and Zeus the heaven, Zeus all that is, and what transcends them all.
~ Aeschylus
On the life-giving lap of Earth Blood hath flowed forth; And now, the seed of vengeance, clots the plain-- Unmelting, uneffaced the stain.
~ Aeschylus
Yes, yes-you will give him the earth-because you love him. Love him too much for safety or for happiness. But you cannot give to people what they are incapable of receiving.
~ Agatha Christie
Poirot sighed. He said "The world is yours, the new heaven and the new earth. In your new world, my children, let there be freedom, and let there be pity. That is all I ask.
~ Agatha Christie
The world is yours. The New Heaven and the New Earth. In your new world, my children, let there be freedom and let there be pity … That is all I ask.
~ Agatha Christie
The world is yours. The New Heaven and the New Earth. In your new world, my children, let there be freedom and let there be pity... That is all I ask. Hercule Poirot, from "One, two, buckle my shoe
~ Agatha Christie
Wir sind viel laenger tot als lebendig, sagt die Tante, Tote brauchen viel mehr Glueck (...) Die Erde wird nie satt, sie will immer essen.
~ Aglaja Veteranyi
In almost everything that touches our everyday life on earth, God is pleased when we're pleased. He wills that we be as free as birds to soar and sing our maker's praise without anxiety.
~ Aiden Wilson Tozer
ma chère penchons sur les filons géologiques (my dear let us lean on geographical veins)
~ Aimé Césaire
Under a brilliant moon, and unbeknownst to us, the darkened world silvers and shimmers from pink and ebony wings, a small thunder. We can't possibly hear such an astonishing wind while we try to keep in step with our small dances on this earth. But we should try. We should try.
~ Aimee Nezhukumatathil
This world is like a drama. Everything that happens on the Earth-stage is produced and directed by the Creator. Then, why do we get upset, disturbed, and unhappy at what happens?
~ AiR Atman in Ravi
This world is like a Drama.Everything that happens on the Earth-stage is produced and directed by creator.Then,why do we get upset,disturbed,and unhappy at what happens?
~ AiR Atman in Ravi
Human beings have launched satellites into outer space, and yet they still grovel on earth looking at their own feet like wild dogs. What is to become of our planet?
~ Akira Kurosawa
There are nine mountain ranges on the surface of the golden earth layer. Towering in the very centre is Mount Sumeru, with seven ranges forming concentric squares around it.
~ Akira Sadakata
Here is the truth: The Earth is round; Saddam Hussein did not attack us on 9/11; Elvis is dead; Obama was born in the United States; and the climate crisis is real.
~ Al Gore
The global environment crisis is, as we say in Tennessee, real as rain, and I cannot stand the thought of leaving my children with a degraded earth and a diminished future.
~ Al Gore
The global environmental crisis is, as we say in Tennessee, real as rain, and I cannot stand the thought of leaving my children with a degraded earth and a diminished future.
~ Al Gore (Jr.)
I find it curious that I never heard any astronaut say that he wanted to go to the Moon so he would be able to look back and see the Earth. We all wanted to see what the Moon looked like close up. Yet, for most of us, the most memorable sight was not of the Moon but of our beautiful blue and white home, moving majestically around the sun, all alone and infinite black space.
~ Alan Bean
From my differing awareness, I sense something you may not yet. Especially among artists...resistance is growing. Conciousness is on the move. Something is at work in the world: a general recognition of the crisis of the spirit, of the banal and shoddy, in human affairs. It is universal and it must be met. Recently, an Australian Aboriginal shaman warned me: 'The Great Serpent has woken. Jarapiri stirs. The earth shakes. And the warriors are gathering.
~ Alan Garner
Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that's the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing. Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
~ Alan Paton