“For millions of years, this world has been a great gift to nearly everything living on it, a planet whose atmosphere, temperature, air, water, seasons, and weather were precisely calibrated to allow us - the big us, including forests and oceans, species large and small - to flourish.” WorldYearsHas BeensBigsWaterMillionsAirThis WorldPlanetsOceanSeasonsSpeciesIncludingForestsWeatherAtmosphereTemperatureLiving OnGreat GiftsWoods And Forests Author:Rebecca Solnit
“The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in all line of order.” FormOrderCoursesHeavenLinesPlanetsOfficeDegreesSeasonsPrioritiesProportionCustomsCentre Author:William Shakespeare
“Some say that ever 'gainst the season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor wi” LongSpiritNightWalksPlanetsBirthBirdSeasonsStrikesFairyAll NightSaviourLarks Author:William Shakespeare
“Just as the seasons change and the honey bees pollinate the planet and make honey, we are also doing exactly what we are supposed to be doing. We also are apart of nature, certainly not separate from nature.” PlanetsSeasonsSupposed To BeHoneyBeesHoney BeeSeasons Change Author:Bryan Kest
“Suddenly the clouds seem high above us. They’re moving over us in an arch, circling the planet. They have seen abysmal oceans and charred, scorched islands. They have seen how we destroyed the world. If I could see everything, as the clouds do, would I swirl around this remaining continent, still so full of color and life and seasons, wanting to protect it? Or would I just laugh at the futility of it all, and meander onward, down the earth’s sloping atmosphere?” IfsWorldStillsSeemsEarthMovingLaughingColorPlanetsProtectOceanSeasonsCloudsDestroyedAtmosphereIslandsIf I CouldContinentsFutilityArchesSwirlsColor And Life Author:Lauren DeStefano
“Tell them you came, and saw, and looked into my eyes and saw the shadow of the guard receding. Thoughts in time and out of season, the hitchinker stood by the side of the road and levelled his thumb in the calm calculus of reason. [...] Why does my mind circle around you? Why do planets wonder what it would be like to be you? All your soft wild promises were words, birds, endlessly in flight.” MindDoeReasonWould BeEyeSidesWonderSawsPlanetsPromiseBirdShadowSeasonsCalmCirclesFlightReason WhyBe YouThumbsCalculus Author:Jim Morrison
“God sees you not only as a mortal being on a small planet who lives for a brief season—He sees you as His child. He sees you as the being you are capable and designed to become. He wants you to know that you matter to Him.” KnowsWantChildrenMatterPlanetsCapableSeasonsMortals Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“The climate dice are now loaded. Some seasons still will be cooler than the long-term average, but the perceptive person should notice that the frequency of unusually warm extremes is increasing. It is the extremes that have the most impact on people and other life on the planet.” PeopleShouldPersonsLongStillsTermPlanetsSeasonsImpactClimateAverageExtremesWarmLong TermFrequencyLoadedDice Author:James Hansen