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The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow read more
The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church
Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.
Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.
Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.
Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.
Man makes a great fuss about this planet which is only a ballbearing in the hub of the universe.
Man makes a great fuss about this planet which is only a ballbearing in the hub of the universe.
How far must suffering and misery go before we see that even in the day of vast cities and powerful read more
How far must suffering and misery go before we see that even in the day of vast cities and powerful machines, the good earth is our mother and that if we destroy her, we destroy ourselves?
There are no passengers on spaceship earth.
We are all crew.
There are no passengers on spaceship earth.
We are all crew.
A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures read more
A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent read more
We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still.
The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. From it we have learned most of what read more
The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. From it we have learned most of what we know. Recently, we have waded a little out to sea, enough to dampen our toes or, at most, wet our ankles. The water seems inviting. The ocean calls. So
