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    Nothing on earth is so well-suited to make the sad merry, the merry sad, to give courage to the despairing, to make the proud humble, to lessen envy and hate, as music

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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

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Aim at heaven and you get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.

Aim at heaven and you get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Earth Quotes,
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I confess that I love him, I rejoice that I love him, I thank the maker of Heaven and Earth read more

I confess that I love him, I rejoice that I love him, I thank the maker of Heaven and Earth that gave him to me. The exultation floods me.

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The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of religion, but a directive for read more

The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of religion, but a directive for economic action toward human brotherhood.

by Lewis Mumford Found in: Earth Quotes,
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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.

by Lewis Thomas Found in: Earth Quotes,
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The green earth sends her incense up. From many a mountain shrine; From folded leaf and dewey cup read more

The green earth sends her incense up. From many a mountain shrine; From folded leaf and dewey cup She pours her sacred wine.

by John Greenleaf Whittier Found in: Earth Quotes,
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Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.

Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.

by Rachel Carson Found in: Earth Quotes,
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There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.

There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.

by Frank Buchman Found in: Earth Quotes, Greed Quotes,
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Our earth is but a small star in a great universe. Yet of it we can make, if we choose, read more

Our earth is but a small star in a great universe. Yet of it we can make, if we choose, a planet unvexed by war, untroubled by hunger or fear, undivided by senseless distinctions of race, color or theory.

by Stephen Vincent Benet Found in: Earth Quotes,
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