“Calumny crosses oceans, scales mountains and traverses deserts, with greater ease than the Scythian Abaris, and like him, rides upon a poisoned arrow.” GreaterMountainOceanCrossesScalesDesertEaseArrowsCalumnyTraverse Book:Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a river is one of the veins of the land, not potential irrigation water; if a forest is a sacred grove, not timber; if other species are biological kin, not resources; or if the planet is our mother, not an opportunity -- then we will treat each other with greater respect. Thus is the challenge, to look at the world from a different perspective.” IfsWorldWayLooksDifferentMotherOpportunityWaterNatureChallengesGreaterLandPlanetsPerspectiveShapesMountainResourcesRiversTreatsSacredSpeciesForestsVeinsDeitiesDifferent PerspectiveGroveTimberIrrigation Author:David Suzuki
“Mountains in all their moods are symbols of something greater, something worth aspiring to. Mountains are powerful, dangerous, beautiful, noble and mysterious. Mountains get respect.” BeautifulPowerfulGreaterDangerousMountainNobleMoodMysteriousSymbols Author:Robert Genn
“The firing on that fort will inaugurate a civil war greater than any the world has yet seen…you will lose us every friend at the North. You will wantonly strike a hornet's nest which extends from mountains to ocean. Legions now quiet will swarm out and sting us to death. It is unnecessary. It puts us in the wrong. It is fatal.” WorldWarLosesGreaterQuietMountainOceanStrikesCivil WarUnnecessaryNestsFiringLegionSwarmsFortsHornets Author:Robert Toombs
“The mountains of things we throw away are much greater than the things we use. In this, if in no other way, we can see the wild and reckless exuberance of our production, and waste seems to be the index.” IfsWayUseSeemsGreaterMountainWasteProductionsRecklessExuberance Book:Travels with Charley in Search of America Source: Travels with Charley in Search of America
“Near the centre of that State of New York lies an extensive district of country, whose surface is a succession of hills and dales, or, to speak with greater deference to geographical definitions, of mountains and valleys.” BookCountryStatesLyingSpeakGreaterNew YorkMountainDefinitionsSurfaceHillsValleysCentreSuccessionDeferenceMountains And Valleys Author:James F. Cooper
“Friendship is a precious gift that can't be bought or sold. It's value is greater than mountains made of gold. If you shall ask God for a gift be thankful if he sends not diamonds pearls or riches but the love and trust of friends. It is the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.” IfsMadeMatterValuesAsksGreaterMountainGoldRichesDiamondPearlsBeing ThankfulPrecious GiftsLove And Trust Author:Marlene Dietrich
“I would think it a greater happiness to gain one soul to Christ than mountains of silver and gold to myself.” ThinkingSoulChristGreaterMountainGainsGoldSilver Author:Matthew Henry