Quotes About Earth

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.

They were pleasant spring days, in which the winter of man's discontent was thawing as well as the earth, and the life that had lain torpid began to stretch itself.

A drunk man, staggering and mindless, must be led home by his son, so wet is his psyche... Water brings death to the psyche, as earth brings death to water... The psyche lusts to be wet.

Lord, what music hast thou provided for Thy saints in heaven, when Thou affordest bad men such music on earth!

If you have one volcano in the world, that one volcano puts out more carbon dioxide than everything man puts out.

The earth incites the wonder and admiration of man even though he is imperfect and his understanding greatly limited.

During the year I stood there I had known was the loss of my heart. While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth.

The earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.

To a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth.

That God became man indicates only this: that man should not seek his salvation in eternity, but rather establish his heaven on earth.

The land, the earth God gave to man for his home ... should never be the possession of any man, corporation, (or) society ... any more than the air or water.

The masters are men like us who have evolved ahead of us and come to the end of the evolution as a human being on planet earth.

Man is created to be God's deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life.

There's a strange something, which without a brain Fools feel, and which e'en wise men can't explain, Planted in man, to bind him to that earth, In dearest ties, from whence he drew his birth.

Besides this earth, and besides the race of men, there is an invisible world and a kingdom of spirits: that world is round us, for it is everywhere.

Why do men carry guns and build prison camps, when the nurturing earth is made for freedom?

My grandfather was a giant of a man ... When he walked, the earth shook. When he laughed, the birds fell out of the trees. His hair caught fire from the sun. His eyes were patches of sky.

We see how capitalism is destroying Mother Earth. I remain convinced that the Earth can exist without man but man cannot live without the Earth.

No, he is not a ghost; he is a man of Heaven and earth, that is all.

Do no dishonor to the earth lest you dishonor the spirit of man.

Labour is the human element which makes the fruitful seasons of the earth useful to men.

Since we can enjoy heaven on earth, be brave in begging the Lord that nothing will be lacking through our own fault, that with God's help we dig until we find this treasure.

Sunshine surrounds the earth as love surrounds our souls.

The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love. —HUNKESNI (SITTING BULL), HUNKPAPA SIOUX, 1831-1890 A