Earth Quotes - Page 112

Heaven no longer exists, nor does the earth.

Only those return to Eternity Who on earth seek out Eternity.

A wedding is one of the most lamentable spectacles on earth.

Since the day man first tried to conquer space, the earth has been mobilizing.

[T]rue socialism must be voluntary - not coerced. Even in the most complete system of society we can conceive the individual must still have rights and property. He must appropriate food to sustain his life. He must wear clothes which are his. He must have his private and exclusive apartment, and must have the right to be in some place on God's earth from which he cannot be evicted by landlord of society.

The science of the earth... invites us to be present at the origin of things, and to enter into the very worship of the Creator.

He that counts all cost will never put plough in the earth.

The attainment of knowledge is the high and exclusive attribute of man, among the numberless myriads of animated beings, inhabitants of the terrestrial globe. On him alone is bestowed, by the bounty of the Creator of the universe, the power and the capacity of acquiring knowledge. Knowledge is the attribute of his nature which at once enables him to improve his condition upon earth, and to prepare him for the enjoyment of a happier existence hereafter.

My Paradise: With Christ. Not sinning. No pain. New earth. Precious in that order.

It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.

The Earth is round, and is inhabited on all sides, is insignificantly small, and is borne through the stars.

Right-thinking people are not supposed to discuss any meteorological or geophysical event - a hurricane, a wildfire, a heat wave, a drought, a flood, a blizzard, a tornado, a lightning strike, an unfamiliar breeze, a strange tingling on the neck - without immediately invoking the climate crisis. It causes earthquakes, plagues and backyard gardening disappointments. Weird fungus on your tomato plants? Classic sign of global warming.

Jane Francklyne, born in 1565, had lived for less than a month. She left very little behind. She was buried in the Ecton churchyard, but her father would hardly have paid a carver to engrave so small a stone. If not for the parish register, there would be no record that this Jane Francklyne had ever lived at all. History is what is written and can be found; what isn't saved is lost, sunken and rotted, eaten by the earth.

Writing is so difficult that I feel that writers, having had their hell on earth, will escape all punishment hereafter.

At the end of the day, I love eating duck. It's the best thing you can eat on this earth, especially grilled with jalapenos and cream cheese.

Frog catching is the most fun a human being can have while on this earth.

On Earth they've forgotten how to make everything except money. But what good is it, if there's nothing worthwhile left to buy?

The profoundest facts in the earth's history prove that the oceans have always been oceans.

Compassion is the litmus test and culminating touchstone of a spirituality of Earth.

Life is very marvelous... and to the wonders of the earth there is no end appointed.

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.

The wretched of the earth do not decide to become extinct, they resolve, on the contrary, to multiply: life is their weapon against life, life is all that they have.

Now Bella, you know Jacob adores you. He naturally wants to protect you. He literally worships the ground you walk on." "Ha ha," Bella said dryly. "Earth demon. Worship the ground. Cute. Really cute.

I like girls that are down to earth, just like to have fun, and be themselves.

The only way I'll ever get hurt in the casino is if there's an earthquake and a slot machine falls on my foot.