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 The church says that the Earth is flat, but I have seen the 
shadow on the moon and I read more 
 The church says that the Earth is flat, but I have seen the 
shadow on the moon and I have more faith in the shadow than in 
the church. 
It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on read more
It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth.
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.
The pagans do not know God, and love only the earth. The Jews know the true God, and love only read more
The pagans do not know God, and love only the earth. The Jews know the true God, and love only the earth. The Christians know the true God, and do not love the earth.
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.
Nothing on earth is so well-suited to make the sad merry, the merry sad, to give courage to the despairing, read more
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
Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.
Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.
Atoms for peace. Man is still the greatest miracle and the greatest problem on this earth.
Atoms for peace. Man is still the greatest miracle and the greatest problem on this earth.
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.