“And all the times I was picking up potatoes, I did have conversations with them. Too, I did have thinks of all their growing days there in the ground, and all the things they did hear. Earth-voices are glad voices, and earth-songs come up from the ground through the plants; and in their flowering, and in the days before these days are come, they do tell the earth-songs to the wind ... I have thinks these potatoes growing here did have knowings of star-songs.” ThinkingEarthSpiritReligionSongSpiritualityStarsVoiceKnowingGrowingWindConversationPlantCome UpGladThese DaysGardeningPotatoesFlowering Author:Opal Whiteley
“Anyone who believes cannot experience miracles. By day one does not see any stars. Anyone who does miracles says: I cannot let goof the earth.” BelieveDoeEarthReligionStarsLetting GoMiracleGoofs Book:The Blue Octavo Notebooks Source: The Blue Octavo Notebooks
“The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.” HumansHeartMovingScienceLyingReligionBeliefForceStarsModernRadicalRejectionAtomsHuman HeartPreferenceScience And ReligionNoveltyModern ScienceScience Religion Book:A Preface to Morals Source: A Preface to Morals
“Night poured over the desert. It came suddenly, in purple. In the clear air, the stars drilled down out of the sky, reminding any thoughtful watcher that it is in the deserts and high places that religions are generated. When men see nothing but bottomless infinity over their heads they have always had a driving and desperate urge to find someone to put in the way.” MenWayNightReligionStarsClearAirSkyDrivingDesertDesperateThoughtfulUrgesInfinityPurpleRemindingWatchersHigh Places Author:Terry Pratchett