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“The State exists simply to promote and to protect the ordinary happiness of human beings in this life. A husband and wife chatting over a fire, a couple of friends having a game of darts in a pub, a man reading a book in his own room or digging in his own garden-that is what the State is there for. And unless they are helping to increase and prolong and protect such moments, all the laws, parliaments, armies, courts, police, economics, etc., are simply a waste of time.”

Source: Mere Christianity

“As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.”

“I was floating around in the Garden of Eden, thrilled to be a human being at the Human-Be-In, knowing the world could be saved if we loved one another. I was draped in flowers, bestowed upon me by my brothers and sisters. I was laughing, loving, breathing Princess of Peace.”

Ifs World Humans Human Beings Laughing Knowing Brother Flower Garden Saved Breathing My Brother Loved Ones Princess Floating Brothers And Sisters Eden Garden Of Eden

Author:Pamela Des Barres

“Asylums are nothing more than gardens of human cabbages, of miserable, grotesque, repugnant human beings watered with the fertilizer of injections.”

Humans Human Beings Garden Miserable Asylums Grotesque Cabbage Fertilizer Injection

Author:Antonio Lobo Antunes

“As human beings, we are the only organisms that create for the sheer stupid pleasure of doing so. Whether it's laying out a garden, composing a new tune on the piano, writing a bit of poetry, manipulating a digital photo, redecorating a room, or inventing a new chili recipe - we are happiest when we are creating.”

Writing Humans Bits Human Beings Pleasure Rooms Stupid Creating Garden Piano Tunes Digital Sheer Organisms Recipes Inventing Composing Chili

Author:Gary Hamel

“Human beings cannot endure the geological chaos they encounter under the soil of their own gardens.”

Humans Human Beings Garden Chaos Endure Encounters Soil

Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.”

Humans Goal Human Beings Growing Garden Perfection Ultimate Agriculture Farming Crops Cultivation Ultimate Goal

Book:The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming

Source: The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming

“I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.”

Thinking Needs Feels Humans Earth Faith Heaven Human Beings Wonder Kindness Angel Garden Earth And Nature Goodness And Kindness Kindness To Others Human Kindness

Author:Pearl S. Buck

“I came to realize that one single human being, comprehended in his depth, who gives generously from the treasures of his heart, bestows on us more riches than Caesar or Alexander could ever conquer. Here is our kingdom, the best of monarchies, the best republic. Here is our garden, our happiness.”

Giving Humans Heart Realizing Human Beings Garden Depth Riches Treasure Kingdoms Conquer Republic Monarchy

Author:Ernst Junger

“A garden is a love song, a duet between a human being and Mother Nature.”

Humans Mother Song Human Beings Essentials Garden Gardening Mother Nature Flowers And Gardens Duets

Book:Creating a Garden for the Senses

Source: Creating a Garden for the Senses

“The only truly dependable production technologies are those that are sustainable over the long term. By that very definition, they must avoid erosion, pollution, environmental degradation, and resource waste. Any rational food-production system will emphasize the well-being of the soil-air-water biosphere, the creatures which inhabit it, and the human beings who depend upon it.”

“Human beings have the remarkable ability to turn nothing into something. They can turn weeds into gardens and pennies into fortunes.”

Humans Turns Human Beings Ability Garden Fortune Remarkable Weed Pennies

Author:Jim Rohn