“Some of you may know my story: How for nineteen years, I worked as a manager for a tire plant in Alabama. And some of you may have lived a similar story: After nearly two decades of hard, proud work, I found out that I was making significantly less money than the men who were doing the same work as me.” KnowsMenYearsMayTwoHardStoriesFoundHe ManProudPlantDecadesManagersTireAlabamaNineteen Author:Lilly Ledbetter
“Plant consciousness, insect consciousness, fish consciousness, all are related by one permanent element, which we may call the religious element inherent in all life, even in a flea: the sense of wonder. That is our sixth sense, and it is the natural religious sense.” MayNaturalReligiousConsciousnessWonderElementsPlantFishesPermanentRelatedInherentInsectsFleasSense Of WonderSixth Sense Author:D. H. Lawrence
“Many of the earth's habitats, animals, plants, insects and even micro-organisms that we know to be rare may not be known at all by future generations. We have the capability and the responsibility to act; we must do so before it is too late.” KnowsMayEarthNatureAnimalResponsibilityKnownGenerationsLatePlantToo LateCapabilityOrganismsInsectsFuture GenerationHabitat Book:Worlds in Harmony Source: Worlds in Harmony
“Our attitude towards plants is a singularly narrow one. If we see any immediate utility in a plant we foster it. If for any reason we find its presence undesirable or merely a matter of indifference, we may condemn it to destruction forthwith.” IfsMayMatterReasonDifferencesAttitudeDestructionPlantIndifferenceWeedUtilityUndesirable Book:Silent Spring Source: Silent Spring
“Here is my Farm Relief bill: Every time a Southerner plants nothing on his farm but cotton year after year, and the Northerner nothing but wheat or corn, why, take a hammer and hit him twice right between the eyes. You may dent your hammer, but it will do more real good than all the bills you can pass in a year.” YearsMayRealEyeBillsPlantReliefFarmsAgricultureHammersCornWheatCottonSouthernerNortherners Book:Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams
“When you're up against a trouble, meet it squarely, face to face. Lift your chin and set your shoulders, plant your feet and take a brace. When it's vain to try to dodge it, do the best that you can do. You may fail, but you may conquer. See it through!” TryingMayFacesCan DoFailingTroubleFeetPlantShouldersConquerLiftsVainDo The BestFace To FaceChinsDodgeBraces Author:Edgar Guest
“WHATEVER Life may really be, it is to us an abstraction: for the word is a generalised term to signify that which is common to all animals and plants, and which is not directly operative in the inorganic world.” WorldMayTermAnimalCommonPlantAbstraction Author:Bill Vaughan
“To sow, that others may reap; to work and plant for those that are to occupy the earth when we are dead; to project our influences far into the future, and live beyond our time; to rule as the Kings of Thought, over men who are yet unborn; to bless with the glorious gifts of Truth and Light and Liberty those who will neither know the name of the giver, nor care in what grave his unregarded ashes repose, is the true office of a Mason and the proudest destiny of a man.” KnowsMenMayLightCareEarthNamesLibertyDestinyInfluenceKingsOfficeProjectsPlantGravesOur TimeGloriousBlessAshesGiverReapReposeUnbornMasons Book:Morals and Dogma Source: Morals and Dogma