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Earth Quotes (page 111)

Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "A mystic is a man who separates heaven and earth even if he..."
A mystic is a man who separates heaven and earth even if he enjoys them both. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Ah! Up then from the ground sprang I And hailed the earth with such a cry As is not heard save from a man Who has been dead, and lives again. About the trees my arms I wound; Like one gone mad I hugged the ground; I raised my quivering arms on high; I laughed and laughed into the sky... Edna St. Vincent Millay
The master was an old Turtle--we used to call him Tortoise--' Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one?' Alice asked. We called him Tortoise because he taught us,' said the Mock Turtle angrily; 'really you are very dull!' You ought to be ashamed of yourself for asking such a simple question,' added the Gryphon; and then they both sat silent and looked at poor Alice, who felt ready to sink into the earth. Lewis Carroll
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "I couldn't help wondering if that was what God put me on Earth..."
I couldn't help wondering if that was what God put me on Earth for--to find out how much a man could take without breaking. Kurt Vonnegut
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
Paulo Coelho quote: "Everything, absolutely everything on this earth makes sense,..."
Everything, absolutely everything on this earth makes sense, and even the smallest things are worthy of our consideration. Paulo Coelho
Wandering between two worlds, one dead. The other powerless to be born, With nowhere yet to rest my head. Like these, on earth I wait forlorn. Matthew Arnold
Above or Love, Hope, Hate or Fear, It lives all passionless and pure: An age shall fleet like earthly year; Its years in moments shall endure. Away, away, without a wing, O'er all, through all, its thought shall fly; A nameless and eternal thing, Forgetting what it was to die. George Byron
A mother's nurturing love arouses in children, from their earliest days on earth, an awakening of the memories of love and goodness they experience in their premortal existence, Because our mothers love us, we learn, or more accurately remember, that God also loves us M. Russell Ballard
Mitch Albom quote: "When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the..."
When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth. Mitch Albom
And that's all we are Jefferson, all of us on this earth, a piece of drifting wood. until we - each of us, individually- decide to become something else. I am still that piece of drifting wood, and those out there are no better. But you can be better. Ernest Gaines
Nation after nation, when at the zenith of its power, has proclaimed itself invincible because its army could shake the earth with its tread and its ships could fill the seas, but these nations are dead, and we must build upon a different foundation if we would avoid their fate. William Jennings Bryan
All things are in the hand of heaven, and Folly, eldest of Jove's daughters, shuts men's eyes to their destruction. She walks delicately, not on the solid earth, but hovers over the heads of men to make them stumble or to ensnare them. Homer
Immanuel Kant quote: "For peace to reign on Earth, humans must evolve into new..."
For peace to reign on Earth, humans must evolve into new beings who have learned to see the whole first. Immanuel Kant
Paradise is not a garden of bliss and changeless perfection where the lions lie down like lambs (what would they eat?) and the angels and cherubim and seraphim rotate in endless idiotic circles, like clockwork, about an equally inane and ludicrous -- however roseate -- unmoved mover. That particular painted fantasy of a realm beyond time and space which Aristotle and the church fathers tried to palm off on us has met, in modern times, only neglect and indifference passing on into oblivion it... Edward Abbey

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