The Earth Quotes
The body oppressed by excesses bears down the mind, and depresses to the earth any portion of the divine spirit we had been endowed with.
No limits whatever are placed to the productions of the earth; they may increase forever.
Let the farmer forevermore be honored in his calling; for they who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God.
Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act.
In the heraldry of heaven goodness precedes greatness; so on earth it is more powerful. The lowly and the lovely may frequently do more in their own limited sphere than the gifted.
Let me enjoy the earth no less because the all-enacting light that fashioned forth its loveliness had other aims than my delight.
Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own.
An everlasting lodestar, that beams the brighter in the heavens the darker here on earth grows the night.
Speech that leads not to action, still more that hinders it, is a nuisance on the earth.
The problem of birth control and voluntary barrenness is poisoning the very fountains of life and defying God's injunction to multiply and replenish the earth.
Friend, hast thou considered the "rugged, all-nourishing earth," as Sophocles well names her; how she feeds the sparrow on the housetop, much more her darling man?
Gold once out of the earth is no more due unto it; what was unreasonably committed to the ground, is reasonably resumed from it; let monuments and rich fabricks, not riches, adorn men's ashes.
The present urgency is to begin thinking within the context of the whole planet, the integral earth community with all its human and other-than-human components.
I have been at work for some time building an apparatus to see if it is possible for personalities which have left this earth to communicate with us.
The one being abhorrent to the powers above the earth and under them is the hyphenated American
Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination; if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic.
My band and music are so intense they scare me, and I'm not afraid of anything. We love our music with everything we got and deliver the most inebriating fun concerts on earth every night.
If the problem is Washington is corrupt, why on Earth would you want to give more power to Washington?
It is a great truth, " God reigns," and therefore grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord; and, therefore, no sinner on earth need ever despair.
To die or not to die ... we really don't have a choice. We can therefore only take care of our life-body, until the fullness of time and being ends our existence on earth.
Insecurity prevents young artists from 'flying' and older artists from being 'down to earth.' Young artists should work on their confidence and the older ones on their humility.
Most of life on Earth has a deep past, much deeper than ours. And we have benefited from the distillation of all preceding history, call it evolutionary history if you will.
The Earth is a unique system in the universe, the only planet we know of that's hospitable for humankind.
Everything on our tormented earth that is alive and breathes, that blossoms and bears fruit, lives only by virtue of and in the name of Truth and Good.
Every corny thing that's said about living with nature - being in harmony with the earth, feeling the cycle of the seasons - happens to be true.
Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and you know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you now Heaven and you know Earth, you may make your victory complete.
There are places on Earth, in every country, where, for various reasons, good schools cannot be built and good teachers cannot or do not want to go.
The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth.
The main problem with solar on the Earth's surface is that it is so intermittent, and we don't have decent storage yet.
You either approve of violence or you don't, and nothing on earth is more violent or extreme than the meat industry.
The sun is our father, the earth is our mother. And God is a myth destroying our family.
Fools are the only folk on the earth who can absolutely count on getting what they deserve.
If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day - at every meal.
Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill.
This little member can behold the earth, and in a moment view things as high as heaven.
Many cultures have independently developed a belief system in reincarnation that includes return of the unit of consciousness to another physical lifetime on Earth.
That rain is the best which falls steadily on the earth. A sudden and excessive downpour ruins the fields.
Galileo got it wrong. The earth does not revolve around the sun. It revolves around you and has been doing so for decades. At least, this is the model you are using.
All the hundreds of millions of people who, in their time, believed the Earth was flat never succeeded in unrounding it by an inch.
We're the most violent nation on earth. There's no getting away from that. But you've got to look at it on a broader level.
The fuel in the earth will be exhausted in a thousand or more years, and its mineral wealth, but man will find substitutes for these in the winds, the waves, the sun's heat, and so forth.