“The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know they are very well where they are, I know they suffice for those who belong to them.” KnowsWantWellsEarthSufficientConstellations Author:Walt Whitman
“Man is entitled by birthright to a share of the earth's produce sufficient to fill the needs of his existence.” MenNeedsEarthExistenceShareProduceSufficientEntitledBirthright Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“If you are attached to the things of this earth, you should give alms sufficient to enable you to punish your avarice by depriving yourself of all that is not absolutely necessary for life.” IfsGivingShouldEarthSufficientAvariceAlmsDeprivingDepriving Yourself Author:John Vianney
“Talking to a peasant one day, I suggested to him the hypothesis that there might indeed be a God who governs heaven and earth, a Consciousness or Conscience of the Universe, but that even so it would not be sufficient reason to assume that the soul of every man was immortal in the traditional and concrete sense. And he replied, "Then what good is God?” MenSoulReasonMightEarthUniverseHeavenConsciousnessTalkingOne DayConscienceAssumingEvery ManTraditionalImmortalitySufficientImmortalConcreteHypothesisPeasantsHeaven And Earth Book:The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Nations Source: The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Nations
“If men were wise they would see that the affection that God has implanted in us is amply sufficient, when not weakened by artificial aid, to ensure permanence of union; and if they would have more faith in this all would go well. To tie together by human law what God has tied together by passion, is about as wise as it would be to chain the moon to the earth lest the natural attraction existing between them should not be sufficient to prevent them flying asunder.” IfsMenShouldHumansWellsWould BeEarthTogetherLawPassionNaturalMarriageWiseMoonUnionsAffectionAttractionAidsFlyingChainsTiesSufficientArtificialTiedPermanence Book:An Autobiography: By Herbert Spencer Source: An Autobiography: By Herbert Spencer
“Even if nothing worse than wasted mental effort could be laid to the charge of theology, that alone ought to be sufficient to banish it from the earth, as one of the worst enemies of mankind.” IfsEarthEffortEnemyAtheismWorstMankindOughtPositive AtheismTheologySufficientWorst Enemy Author:Lydia M. Child
“Even if nothing worse than wasted mental effort could be laid to the charge of theology, that alone ought to be sufficient to banish it from the earth ... What a vast amount of labour and learning has been expended, as uselessly as emptying shallow puddles into sieves! How much intellect has been employed mousing after texts, to sustain preconceived doctrines!” IfsHas BeensEarthEffortOughtAmountIntellectTheologyDoctrineSufficientLabourShallowEmployedPuddles Author:Lydia M. Child