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“The most peerless piece of earth, I think, that e' er the sun shone bright on.”

Thinking Earth Beauty Sun Pieces

Book:The Winter's Tale: Third Series

Source: The Winter's Tale: Third Series

“God is the author, men are only the players. These grand pieces which are played upon earth have been composed in heaven.”

Men World Has Beens Earth Heaven Pieces Player

Author:Honore de Balzac

“Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.”

“"You sound as if you question the authority and the decision of the Oracle, who said he should die." "I do not. Why should I? But the Oracle did not ask me to carry out its decision." [...] "The Earth cannot punish me for obeying her mesenger," Okonkwo said. "A child's fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which its mother puts into its palm."”

Ifs Should Children Said Earth Mother Dies Asks Sound Decision Pieces Authority Hot Fingers Ask Me Should I Palms Obeying Oracles Things Fall Apart Okonkwo Yams Okonkwo

Author:Chinua Achebe

“Here is a piece of earth. If you stand staring at it and doing nothing, what does the earth yield? Nothing. Just like a woman.”

Ifs Doe Earth Pieces Staring Yield Doing Nothing

Author:Luigi Pirandello

“Faith is the backbone of the social and the foundation of the commercial fabric; remove faith between man and man, and society and commerce fall to pieces. There is not a happy home on earth but stands on faith; our heads are pillowed on it, we sleep at night in its arms with greater security for the safety of our lives, peace, and prosperity than bolts and bars can give.”

Men Giving Home Earth Night Faith Fall Social Sleep Greater Pieces Our Lives Security Arms Safety Foundation Prosperity Bars Remove Commerce Fabric Bolts Backbone Happy Home

Author:Thomas Guthrie

“Regardless of its purpose, the humpback-whale song is the most complex piece of nonhuman composition on earth. Whether it's art, prayer, or booty call, the humpback song is an amazing thing to experience firsthand, and I suspect that even once the science of it is put to bed, it will remain, as long as they sing, magic.”

Long Art Earth Purpose Song Prayer Pieces Magic Bed Complexes Suspects Composition Amazing Things Whales Booty Humpback Whales

Author:Christopher Moore

“The river is of the earth and it is free. It is rigorously embanked and bound, and yet it is free. To hell with restraint, it says, I have got to be going. It will grind out its dams. It will go over or around them. They will become pieces.”

Earth Hell Pieces Sea Rivers Bounds Fishes Boat Lakes Fishing Restraint Grind Dams

Book:Leavings: Poems

Source: Leavings: Poems

“Gardening is the greatest tonic and therapy a human being can have. Even if you have only a tiny piece of earth, you can create something beautiful, which we all have a great need for. If we begin by respecting plants, it's inevitable we'll respect people.”

People Ifs Needs Humans Earth Beautiful Human Beings Pieces Plant Tiny Inevitable Therapy Gardening Something Beautiful Respect People

Author:Audrey Hepburn

“"Christ" is bigger than the Earth planet. If tomorrow we discover life on another planet, the whole "Jesus" piece would not make sense anymore. If he did everything for just us on this planet he wouldn't be the savior of the "world."”

Ifs World Whole Earth Jesus Christ Pieces Planets Tomorrow Bigger Make Sense Savior

Author:Richard Rohr

“For all the huffing and puffing of the doubters, a home of our own is still the rock on which our hopes are built. Price appreciation aside (and most houses will appreciate, eventually), homeownership is a state of mind. It's your piece of the earth. It's where a family's toes grow roots. It's where the flowers are yours, not God's.”

Mind Stills States Home Earth House Grows Pieces Rocks Flower Built Appreciate Roots Appreciation State Of Mind Toes Doubters Huffing Homeownership

Book:Making the Most of Your Money

Source: Making the Most of Your Money