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Earth Quotes - Page 88

There is nothing but that frail breastwork of earth between the people and destruction.

There is nothing but that frail breastwork of earth between the people and destruction.

Mark Twain, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays”, p.4169, GENERAL PRESS

The threat to the planet is us. It's actually not a threat to the planet - it's a threat to us.

"Margaret Atwood interview: 'Go three days without water and you don't have any human rights. Why? Because you're dead'". Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2010.

That which had grown from the earth, to the earth, But that which has sprung from heavenly seed, Back to the heavenly realms returns. This is either a dissolution of the mutual involution of the atoms, or a similar dispersion of the unsentient elements.

Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2016). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.78, Enhanced Media Publishing

When a man knows that the abstraction ten exists - nothing on earth can stop him from looking for the fact of eleven.

Lorraine Hansberry (2012). “Les Blancs: The Collected Last Plays: The Drinking Gourd/What Use Are Flowers?”, p.114, Vintage

The loving care of Mother Earth is in many quarters replacing the former sense of obedience to the Heavenly Father.

Lloyd Geering (2015). “The World to Come: From Christian Past to Global Future”, p.130, Bridget Williams Books

I cannot imagine my hometown without forests, and I cannot imagine the earth turned into a desert.

"Li Bingbing on Elephants and Ivory Poaching". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.