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

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.

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

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?

The earth and its resources belong of right to its people.

The earth and its resources belong of right to its people.

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.

There are no passengers on spaceship earth.
We are all crew.

There are no passengers on spaceship earth.
We are all crew.

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.

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.