Earth Quotes - Page 65

Mathematics is the source of a wicked intellect that, while making man the lord of the earth, also makes him the slave of the machine.

Here a pretty Baby lies Sung asleep with Lullabies: Pray be silent, and not stirre The easie earth that covers her.

What is this talked-of mystery of birth. But being mounted bareback on the earth?

loosely bound By countless silken ties of love and thought To everything on earth the compass round

We’re not completely happy here because we’re not supposed to be! Earth is not our final home; we were created for something much better.

God wants us to practice on Earth what we're going to do forever in eternity.

All of us have a path to follow and the path begins on earth.

The only thing that matters, at the end of a stay on earth, is how well did we love, what was the quality of our love?

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth.

If four of you are playing hide and seek you'll only ever find the other three. For you are already right here. So what on earth is it that you're looking for? You are the very thing that you seek.

Then all this earth shines like one house.

When a man says to me, "I have the intensest love of nature," at once I know that he has none.

Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. Whatever the vexations or concerns of their personal lives, their thoughts can find paths that lead to inner contentment and to renewed excitement in living.

I am a passenger on the spaceship Earth.

The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.

The price of apparently cheap food is costing nothing less than the Earth!

Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle.

When Darius offered him ten thousand talents, and to divide Asia equally with him, "I would accept it," said Parmenio, "were I Alexander." "And so truly would I," said Alexander, "if I were Parmenio." But he answered Darius that the earth could not bear two suns, nor Asia two kings.

All the gold upon the earth and all the gold beneath it, does not compensate for lack of virtue.

Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery.

I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in not too often merged in the corruptions of the earth.

It's like standing on the edge of a cliff. This is especially true of the first draft. Every day you're making up the earth you're going to stand on.

Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing?

Every person on the face of the earth has a gift. In some this reveals itself spontaneously, others have to work to find it.

Our task is not to leave a record of what happened on this date for those who will inherit the Earth; history will take care of that.