“In truth, our aliveness depends on our ability to sustain wonder: to lengthen the moments we are truly uncovered, to be still and quiet till all the elements of the earth and all the secrets of the oceans stir the aspects of life waiting within us.” StillsMomentsEarthWaitingAbilitySecretWonderDependsQuietElementsOceanAspectAspects Of Life Book:The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have (Gift Edition) Source: The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have (Gift Edition)
“The ability of human beings to be creative depends fundamentally on the health and well-being of our biosphere, the few kilometres of air, water, and soil that surround our planet like the skin of an apple. Quite simply, they are the physical and spiritual bases of our lives, and the only source of materials and tools.” HumansWellsEarthSpiritualWaterHuman BeingsAbilityCreativeOur LivesAirPlanetsMaterialsSourceDependsToolsSkinsBasesWell BeingApplesSoilSurroundBe CreativeOur PlanetBiosphere Author:Freeman Patterson
“Ecology also teaches that all life on earth can be viewed as a competition among species for the solar energy captured by green plants and stored in the form of complex carbon molecules. A food chain is a system for passing those calories on to species that lack the pant's unique ability to synthesize them from sunlight.” EarthFormEnergyAbilityTeachUniqueGreenCompetitionPlantSpeciesComplexesPassingPassingsChainsSunlightEcologyCarbonCapturedMoleculesCaloriesFood ChainSolar EnergyGreen Plants Author:Michael Pollan
“I read Rand and thought, "I want to be one of the earth movers, the scientific people who power the world. I don't want to be one of these lisping liberal artsy leeches." So I was working against my actual abilities.” PeopleWorldWantEarthAbilityLiberal ArtsLeeches Author:George Saunders