“Of two men looking at a green field, one estimates its yield in bushels and calculates the price of the bushels in silver and in gold. The other drinks the greenness of the field with his eye, and kisses every blade with his thought, and fraternizes in his soul with every rootlet and pebble, and every clod of earth.” MenTwoSoulEyeEarthMoneyFieldsDrinkKissingGoldGreenHis EyesSilverYieldBladesPebblesGreen Fields Book:The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark Source: The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark
“Those who possess that treasure which no thief can take away, Which, though on suppliants freely spent, increaseth day by day, The source of inward happiness which shall outlast the earth-- To them e'en kings should yield the palm, and own their higher worth.” ShouldEarthHappinessSourceKingsHigherTreasureYieldThievesInwardPalms Author:Bhartrhari
“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.” IfsDoeEarthPiecesStaringYieldDoing Nothing Author:Luigi Pirandello
“The reductionist measure of yield is to agriculture systems, what GDP is to economic systems. It is time to move from measuring yield of commodities, to health and well-being of ecosystems and communities. Industrial agriculture has its roots in war. Ecological agriculture allows us to make peace with the earth, soil and the society.” WellsWarEarthMovingCommunityEconomicRootsWell BeingSoilYieldAgricultureCommodityEcologicalEcosystemsMaking PeaceMeasuringEconomic SystemsGdp Author:Vandana Shiva
“Two angels guide The path of man, both aged and yet young. As angels are, ripening through endless years, On one he leans: some call her Memory, And some Tradition; and her voice is sweet, With deep mysterious accords: the other, Floating above, holds down a lamp with streams A light divine and searching on the earth, Compelling eyes and footsteps. Memory yields, Yet clings with loving check, and shines anew, Reflecting all the rays of that bright lamp Our angel Reason holds. We had not walked But for Tradition; we walk evermore To higher paths by brightening Reason's lamp.” MenYearsTwoReasonLightEyeEarthYoungVoiceMemoriesWalksPathDivineSweetHigherAngelTraditionShiningGuidesEndlessChecksMysteriousStreamsYieldRaysCompellingFloatingLampsReflectingAccordFootstepsEvermoreRipening Book:Complete Works Of George Eliot Source: Complete Works Of George Eliot
“Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors. They are the oldest civilized people on earth. Their civilization passes through phases but its basic characteristics remain the same. They yield, they bend to the wind, but they never break.” PeopleEarthBreakWindCivilizationChinaChineseCharacteristicsCivilizedYieldSurvivorPhasesRelentless Author:Pearl S. Buck