“It is curious to observe the triumph of slight incidents over the mind; and what incredible weight they have in forming and governing our opinions, both of men and things, that trifles light as air shall waft a belief into the soul, and plant it so immovable within it, that Euclid's demonstrations, could they be brought to batter it in breach, should not all have power to overthrow it!” MenShouldMindSoulLightBeliefOpinionAirWeightPlantIncrediblesCuriousTriumphIncidentsDemonstrationGoverningTriflesBreachEuclid Author:Laurence Sterne
“Men are like plants; the goodness and flavor of the fruit proceeds from the peculiar soil and exposition in which they grow. We are nothing but what we derive from the air we breathe, the climate we inhabit, the government we obey, the system of religion we profess, and the nature of our employment.” MenInspirationalGovernmentReligionBeliefGrowsAirGoodnessPlantClimateFruitBreatheEmploymentSoilPeculiarHumankindFlavor Author:J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
“Our beliefs are rooted deep in our earth, no matter what you have done to it and how much of it you have paved over. And if you leave all that concrete unwatched for a year or two, our plants, the native Indian plants, will pierce that concrete and push up through it.” IfsYearsTwoMatterDoneEarthBeliefNo Matter WhatPlantIndianNativeConcreteRootedPiercePush UpsAnimism Author:John Fire Lame Deer