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The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness. Its one object is to produce and consume. read more
The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness. Its one object is to produce and consume. It has pity neither for beautiful nature nor for living human beings. It is ruthlessly ready without a moment's hesitation to crush beauty and life.
We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of read more
We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.
The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.
I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth read more
I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum.
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?
Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether read more
Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.
Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything
Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything
To greed, all nature is insufficient.
To greed, all nature is insufficient.
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.