Summer set lip to earth’s bosom bare, and left the flushed print in a poppy there.
-Francis Thompson "Francis Thompson"
Quotations
Earth
-Francis Thompson "Francis Thompson"
The churning separates the butter from the milk. In the same manner, through cosmic processes and upheavals of heat and cold, the five fundamental elements - earth, water, fire, air and space were separated and Earth, this Ball of Butter, emerged as the product of the churning.
-Sathya Sai Baba "Sri Sathya Sai Baba"
The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.
-Marya Mannes "Marya Mannes"
Your hills, O Earth, your snow-clad mountain peaks, your forests, may they show us kindliness… Impart to us vitalising forces that come, O Earth from deep within your body, your central point, your navel, purify us wholly.
-Vedas "Atharva Veda"
Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren’t any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn’t be here in the first place.
-R. Buckminster Fuller "R. Buckminster Fuller"
Be aware of the contact between your feet and the earth. Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet.
-Thich Nhat Hanh "Thich Nhat Hanh"
This earth is a garden, The Lord its gardener, cherishing all, none neglected.
-Scriptures "Adi Granth"
The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein.
-Bible "Psalm 24.1"
Begin with yourself. There is no time to waste. It is your duty to do your part to bring God’s kingdom on earth.
-A Spiritual Leader "Paramahansa Yogananda"
The meteorites of 1908 and 1947 had struck uninhabited wilderness; but by the end of the 21st century there was no region left on Earth that could be safely used for celestial target practice.
-Arthur C. Clarke "Arthur. C. Clarke"
