"Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth you get neither." ~CS Lewis
“All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one workman.” ~Plato
"Animals should not require our permission to live on earth. Animals were given the right to be here long before we arrived." ~A.D. Williams
"As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven." ~Russel M. Nelson
"As you walk along the unbeaten path listen to the birds chirping, squirrels chatting, insects clicking, the rustle of leaves, feel the breeze upon your cheek and know that it is nature's way of saying, 'Welcome back to the Earth child, we've been waiting for your return for so very long.'" ~DJ Hinton
"As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer." ~Black Elk
“At night I dream that you and I are two plants
that grew together, roots entwined,
and that you know the earth and the rain like my mouth,
since we are made of earth and rain.”
~Pablo Neruda, Regalo de un Poeta
"Be still and the earth will speak to you.” ~Navajo Proverb
"Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!" ~Sitting Bull
"Breathe in the winds of courage that each day you may discover in fresh ways what it is to soar above this sacred earth and sweetly land in her arms at dusk." ~Mary Anne Radmacher
"Collaboration has no hierarchy. The Sun collaborates with soil to bring flowers on the earth." ~Amit Ray, Enlightenment Step by Step
"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns." ~ George Eliot
"Do you see how beautiful the sky looks from here? Wait 'til you see how beautiful the earth looks from there." ~RJ Nieto
"Each and every day on earth is a precious gift. Rise each morning knowing this, and your day will feel precious." ~A.D. Williams
“Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless - each of us with his or her right upon the earth.” ~Walt Whitman
“Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.” ~John Lubbock
"Earth is a flower in the Garden of Cosmos! And therefore, a flower on Earth is a flower within the flower!" ~Mehmet Murat Ildan
"Earth is the schoolroom of the soul." ~James Van Praagh
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need but not every man’s greed.” ~Mahatma Gandhi
"Earth's fastest animals can't outrun man's slowest bullets." ~A.D. Williams
"Even dark clouds surrounds the wondrous sky, still sun will make a way to shine and reveal the wonders of the earth“ ~Kristine Andaya Ventura
“Every part of the earth is sacred to my people.” ~Chief Seattle
"Every sunrise is a poem written on the earth with words of light, warmth, and love." ~Debasish Mridha
"Everybody is distracted by things for the self. They don't care about their relatives anymore. The SUV shows how we feel about the environment. To turn this around, we need to go back to the earth and live with the earth spiritually." ~Floyd Red Cow Westerman
"Everyone and everything that humanity has ever loved, or cared for, has lived on our precious earth." ~A.D. Williams
"Flowers are mother nature's way of telling us how much she loves us. What sunshine is to flowers, smiling faces are to us people: flowers are the smiles of our earth." ~Anon
“Flowers are the music of the earth." ~Marty Rubin
“For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.” ~Leonard da Vinci
“For peace to reign on Earth, humans must evolve into new beings who have learned to see the whole first.” ~Immanuel Kant
“For 'tis sweet to stammer one letter
Of the Eternal's language;--
on earth it is called Forgiveness!”
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." ~Khalil Gibran
“Give me strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is.” ~Black Elk
"Give me where to stand, and I will move the earth." ~Archimedes, 300B.C.,Greek inventor, mathematician, and physicist(287BC-212BC)
"Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice. You lived first, and you are older than all need, older than all prayer. All things belong to you -- the two-legged, the four-legged, the wings of the air, and all green things that live." ~Black Elk
"Hold on to what is good, even if it's a handful of earth." ~Hopi Prayer
"How is it possible that the most intellectual creature to ever walk the planet Earth is destroying its only home?" ~Jane Goodall
"I would rather cover the earth with love than to have it cover me with hate." ~Chief Dan George
"If justice perishes, human life on Earth has lost its meaning." ~Immanuel Kant
"If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than five years to live." ~Albert Einstein
"If there is any wisdom running through my life now, in my walking on this earth, it came from listening in the Great Silence to the stones, trees, space, the wild animals, to the pulse of all life as my heartbeat." ~Vijali Hamilton
"If we choose to eradicate ourselves from this earth, by whatever means, the earth goes nowhere and in time will regenerate. All the lakes will be pristine, the rivers, the waters, the mountains - everything will be green again. It will be peaceful. There may not be people, but the earth will regenerate. And you know why? Because the earth has all the time in the world. And we don't." ~Oren Lyons, (Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan, ONONDAGA NATION, Haudenosaunee, Six Nations, Iroqouis Confederacy, 11th Hour)
“If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees. ” ~Rainer Maria Rilke
"Imagine that the earth is the tree and we are a leaf. The earth is not the environment, something outside of us that we need to care for. The earth is us." ~Thich Nhat Hanh
"In the fields, she stopped and took a deep breath of the flower-scented air. It was dearer to her than her kin, better than a lover, wiser than a book. And for a moment she rediscovered the purpose of her life. She was here on earth to absorb its old enchantment." ~Boris Pasternak
"It is in the wild places, where the edge of the earth meets the corners of the sky, the human spirit is fed." ~Art Wolfe
"It is only when we are aware of the earth and of the earth as poetry that we truly live." ~Henry Beston
“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke
“๐ผ๐ก ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐โ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐กโ. ๐โ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ.
๐ผ๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐คโ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐กโ.”
~๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐น, ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ “๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐”
“Let every step you take upon the earth be as a prayer.” ~Black Elk
"Let's rejoice with nature every time she gives birth to a new life from the earth." ~Liege Lord L.
"Living on earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun every year." ~Anon
"Love all creation, and you will feel heaven on earth." ~Anthony Douglas Williams
"Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us." ~Marianne Williamson
"Love leaves legacy. How you treated other people, not your wealth or accomplishments, is the most enduring impact you can leave on earth." ~Rick Warren
“Love the earth and sun and animals.” ~Walt Whitman
“Mankind is the only animal given the capacity to save earth or destroy earth. It is our choice.” ~A.D. Williams
“Mankind was appointed the guardian of earth. I wish we would act like guardians.” ~A.D. Williams
"Maybe love is like rain. Sometimes gentle, sometimes torrential, flooding, eroding, joyful, steady, filling the earth, collecting in underground springs. When it rains, when we love, life grows." ~Nnie Que
"Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side to them, and they think there is no other, because they don't see it - but there is." ~Olive Schreiner
"Mother Earth's medicine chest is full of healing herbs of incomparable worth." ~Robin Rose Bennet
"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal. Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." ~Thomas Jefferson
"Nothing on earth is given without labour, even love, the most beautiful and natural of feelings." ~Leo Tolstoy
"O, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth." ~Roman Payne
"On our earth, before writing was invented, before the printing press was invented, poetry flourished. That is why we know that poetry is like bread; it should be shared by all, by scholars and by peasants, by all our vast, incredible, extraordinary family of humanity." ~Pablo Neruda
"On earth, there is no greater love than a mother's love." ~Nenita Yu Garcia
"On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it." ~Jules Renard
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” ~Leonardo da Vinci
"One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk." ~Anon
"One thing is a definite - we are all of the magical brown land and we must protect our Mother Earth if we are to protect our children." ~Dr. Dale Kerwin, AUSTRALIA DAY - INVASION DAY - SURVIVAL DAY, January 26, 2020
"Our life on earth is just a fragment of our journey." ~A.D. Williams
"Our purpose is simple - to love. To love each other, to love all life, and to love our earth." ~A.D. Williams
"Our purpose on earth is not to get lost in the dark but to be a light to others, so that they may find way through us." ~Alberto Casing
"Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on earth, that I think they will plead their clients' causes hereafter, some of them in hell." ~Robert Burton
"Other animals stand on the same ground as mankind. We must learn to share our common earth." ~Anthony Douglas Williams
"Passion is lifted from the earth itself by the muddy hands of the young; it travels along grass-stained sleeves to the heart. If we are going to save environmentalism and the environment, we must also save endangered indicator species: the child in nature." ~Richard Louv (from Dance with me in the Heart)
"Protect Mother Earth against the 'Beast'." ~Dr. Dale Kerwin, a Worimi Man on AUSTRALIA DAY - INVASION DAY - SURVIVAL DAY, January 26, 2020
"Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received - only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage." ~Francis of Assisi
"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." ~Muhammad Ali
"Silence is the most Endangered and Elusive sound on Earth for most of us!" ~Duoi Ampilan
"Some parts of the earth are sacred to others we don't understand." ~Leah C. Dancel, June 3, 2022
"Swim often and you will feel on earth like the fish in the water." ~Saint Seraphim of Sarov
"The Bad Lands grade all the way from those that are almost rolling in character to those that are so fantastically broken in form and so bizarre in color as to seem hardly properly to belong to this earth." ~Theodore Roosevelt
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"The beauty of the earth consists of gorgeous flowers." ~Leah C Dancel, 20 March 2024
"The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it." ~Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
"The earth always hardens after the rain." ~Anon
"The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself." ~Chief Seattle
"The earth has music for those who listen." ~George Santayana
"The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the result of that love." ~Chief Sitting Bull
"The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart. " ~Motivated For Life
"The earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves." ~Chief Seattle
"The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle." ~Nicolaus Copernicus
"The earth was created by the assistance of the sun, and it should be left as it was. The country was made without lines of demarcation, and it is no man's business to divide it. " ~Chief Joseph , NEZ PERCE
"The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being. The bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be." ~Konrad Lorenz, "Ties of the Earth ", Nobel prize winner, 1973
"The growth of the human mind is still high adventure, in many ways, the highest adventure on earth." ~Norman Cousins
"The heavier the cross we carry on earth, the greater in heaven is our glory." ~Emilio Laxamana Aguinaldo
“The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the earth”. ~Maria Montessori
"The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth." ~Chinese Proverb
"The truth is like a diamond--you do not see it on the surface of the earth; you have to dig to find it." ~Philippine Progressive Watch
“There are more dangerous humans on earth than dangerous animals." ~A. D. Williams
"There are no stronger bonds on earth than the ones connecting loving families." ~Jess Catcher
“There are places on earth where we can catch a glimpse of heaven.” ~ Anthony Douglas Williams
"There is no illness on earth for which God has not provided a remedy through Nature." ~Paracelsus
“They say that animals are incapable of feelings and reasoning. This is false. No living thing on earth is void of either. They also say that man is the most intelligent — and the most superior — species on earth. This is also false. It is very arrogant to assume that we are the most intelligent species when we keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again. It has been shown that both rats and monkeys learn from making errors, yet we have not. Our history proves this. All creatures on earth have the capacity to love and grieve the same way we do. No life on the planet is more deserving than another. Those who think so, are the true savages.” ~Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun.
"This earth is the dust of our ancestor's bones, and her righteousness is perpetuated by our integrity, reverence and respect." ~Native Americans
"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” ~Rachel Carson
"Time is the single most powerful thing on earth. No one can stop it from coming and going. But it can stop any one of us any time." ~Emilio Laxamana Aguinaldo
"To create peace on earth, you must first discover the peace that has always existed within your heart." ~Robert Clancy
"Touch the earth, love the earth, honour the earth, her plains, her valleys, her hills, and her seas,: rest your spirit in her solitary places." ~Henry Beston
"Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven." ~Rabindranath Tagore
“We are as much alive as we keep the Earth alive.” ~Chief Dan George
"We are not here on earth to see through each other, we are here to see each other through." ~Anon
"We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden." ~Anon
“We don’t own the planet Earth, we belong to it. And we must share it with our wildlife.” ~Steve Irwin
"We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do." ~Barbara Ward
"We have such a brief opportunity to pass onto our children our love for this earth and to pass on our stories. These are the moments when the world is made whole." ~Richard Louv
"Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth." ~Chief Seattle
“What greater delight is there than to behold the earth apparelled with plants as with a robe of embroidered works, set with Orient pearls and garnished with the great diversities of rare and costly jewels. But these delights are in the outward senses. The principle of delight is in the mind, singularly enriched with the knowledge of these visible things, setting forth to us the invisible wisdom and admirable workmanship of almighty God.” ~John Gerard
"When at last our life on earth is through, I will share eternity with you." ~Edith Piaf, IF YOU LOVE ME
"When I question my thinking, when I am in doubt of what to do next, the best answer for me is this: Let me be kind. When kindness drives my thinking, actions and emotions, I always come through with love and a deeper understanding of myself and those share this earth with me." ~Robin Korth
"When the blood in your veins returns to the sea, and the earth in your bones returns to the ground, perhaps then you will remember that this land does not belong to you. It is you who belong to this land." ~Native Americans
"When the Earth has fallen to dust and the last star in heaven ceases to shine, love will remain…forever." ~Robert Clancy
"When the earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people shall come unto the earth from many colours, classes, creeds and who by their actions and deeds shall make the earth green again. They will be known as the Warriors of the Rainbow." ~Old Native American Prophecy
"When the earth is sick and dying, there will come a tribe of people from all races. They will put their faith in deeds, not words, and make the planet green again …" ~Cree
"When the earth is sick, the animals begin to disappear, when that happens, the Warriors of the Rainbow will come to save them." ~Chief Seattle
"When the power of love replaces the power of greed, heaven will touch earth." ~Anthony D. Williams
"When we care for mother Earth, we innovate what she has to offer.... Great minds , green minds, mind the planet..." ~Jevie Tan Nery
“When we realize heart and earth are made with the same letters, it all starts to make sense.” ~Anon
"When we walk mindfully our feet are massaging the earth. We sow seeds of joy and happiness with each step. With each step, a flower blooms." ~Thich Nhat Hanh
"... When you finally delve into nature, it’s easy to forget about the simple majestic creatures that accompany us on this earth. The most harmless giant on the planet is the elephant. They are just about as smart us humans, too." ~Jonno White, To Inspire You To be Smart Quotes
"When you look into your mother's eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth." ~Mitch Albom
"When you walk barefoot on the Earth, free electrons are transferred from the Earth into your body, and this grounding effect is one of the most potent antioxidants we know of" ~Dr. Joseph Mercola
"When you walk with naked feet, how can you ever forget the Earth?" ~Carl Jung
“When your heart becomes the grave of your secrets, that desire of yours will be gained more quickly. The prophet said that anyone who keeps secret his inmost thought will soon attain the object of his desire. When seeds are buried in the earth, their inward secrets become the flourishing garden.” ~Rumi
“Where the earth is, we are.” ~ Walt Whitman
"Where we hold peace in our heart.... so peace can reign upon earth... we are the creators and we are the peacemakers... the choice is ours." ~Sally Claridge Teixeira
"While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.” ~GENESIS 8:22 ESV
"You are not cut from a machine. Your are grown from the Earth who knows imperfection is essential for diversity and to drive evolution. You are part of the scheme which makes life possible." ~Wayne Joseph
"You are of the breathing earth and turbulence of the seas. Keep calm and silence as your closest allies." ~SANGKI HASSAN SINGAYAO (Lifted from Rolaiza Mimi Singayao's Saturday walks: Papa and Mimi; Saduc, Marawi
"You have been built up from nothing by the spare parts of the Earth you have consumed, according to a set of instructions hidden in a double helix and small enough to be carried by a sperm. You are recycled butterflies, plants, rocks, streams, firewood, wolf fur, and shark teeth, broken down to their smallest parts and rebuilt into our planet’s most complex living thing. You are not living on Earth. You are Earth." ~Aubrey Marcus on Earthly beings
"Your heart should be just like the Earth—filled with life while you spin endlessly ‘round a beautiful light that warms your soul." ~Robert Clancy
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"Even plants invade the rocky spots through the cracks. Beauty can be found in the most secluded sanctuary of the earth." ~©Leah C Dancel, Sculpture by the Sea Event, November 7, 2022 from Bondi Beach to Tamarama
