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“Ah, what a warning for a thoughtless man, Could field or grove, could any spot of earth, Show to his eye an image of the pangs Which it hath witnessed,-render back an echo Of the sad steps by which it hath been trod!”

Men Shows Eye Earth Steps Fields Spots His Eyes Warning Echoes Grove

Book:The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth

Source: The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth

“Creativity is not the work of a few. We each carry within us the image of God the Creator; we each have the task of making the earth into a fairer, kinder place. The first step is imagining a better world, and that is most apt to happen when we suffer or look on suffering.”

World Firsts Looks Art Happens Earth Suffering Steps Creativity Tasks Creator First Steps Kinder God Image

Author:Elizabeth O'Connor

“I like to walk, touch living Mother Earth—bare feet best, and thrill every step. Used to envy happy reptiles that had advantage of so much body in contact with earth, bosom to bosom. [We] live with our heels as well as head and most of our pleasure comes in that way.”

Source: To Yosemite and Beyond: Writings from the Years 1863-1875

“Every step we take on earth brings us to a new world.”

World Earth Steps New World Every Step

Author:Federico Garcia Lorca

“And the true order of going, or being led by another, to the things of love, is to begin from the beauties of earth and mount upwards for the sake of that other beauty, using these steps only, and from one going on to two, and from two to all fair forms to fair practices, and from fair practices to fair notions, until from fair notions he arrives at the notion of absolute beauty, and at last knows what the essence of beauty is.”

Knows Two Earth Lasts Form Order Love Is Steps Practice Fairs Essence Absolutes Notion Sake Essence Of Beauty Symposium

Book:The Portable Plato

Source: The Portable Plato

“What we teach our children is that earth is your mother that provides; she's a giver. So, please first ask forgiveness from the mother earth before you step on to it and cause it pain.”

Firsts Children Earth Pain Mother Asks Causes Steps Teach Please Our Children Giver Mother Earth Asking For Forgiveness

Author:Narendra Modi

“Sublime Philosophy! Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven; And bright with beckoning angelsbut alas! We see thee, like the patriarch, but in dreams, By the first step, dull slumbering on the earth.”

Firsts Art Philosophy Dream Earth Heaven Steps Angel Thee Dull Reaching First Steps Sublime Alas Ladders Beckoning Patriarch

Author:Alan Judd

“As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer.”

Earth Prayer Walks Steps Treats Sacred

Author:Black Elk

“What intelligent being, what being capable of responding emotionally to a beautiful sight, can look at the jagged, silvery lunar crescent trembling in the azure sky, even through the weakest of telescopes, and not be struck by it in an intensely pleasurable way, not feel cut off from everyday life here on Earth and transported toward that first step on celestial journeys?”

“But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies; My fortune leads to traverse reams alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.”

World Care Earth My Own Views Steps Sky Share Fortune Delight Circles Pursue Spots Wander Prime Destined Fleeting Exile Allure Earth And Sky Traverse Prime Of Life

Book:Goldsmith's miscellaneous works

Source: Goldsmith's miscellaneous works

“There are gems of wondrous brightness Ofttimes lying at our feet, And we pass them, walking thoughtless, Down the busy, crowded street. If we knew, our pace would slacken, We would step more oft with care, Lest our careless feet be treading To the earth some jewel rare.”

Ifs Care Earth Lying Steps Knowledge Feet Streets Walking Busy Pace Jewels Crowded Careless Brightness Gems Wondrous Treading Crowded Streets

Author:Rudyard Kipling

“The butcher with his bloody apron incites bloodshed, murder. Why not? From cutting the throat of a young calf to cutting the throats of our brothers and sisters is but a step. While we ourselves are living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal conditions on the earth?”

Earth Young Animal Steps Cutting Conditions Brother Ideals Murder Graves Why Not Throat Animal Rights Bloody Brothers And Sisters Butchers Bloodshed Calves Aprons

Author:Isadora Duncan