"Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth."

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"Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth."

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"Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never satisfied with our situation; maybe that is what's taken us so far."

Joan D. Vinge, American Author

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"If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions."

Abba Eban, Israeli Diplomat

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"There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle."

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish Scientist

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"Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice."

Black Elk, American Leader

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"I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth."

Neil Armstrong, American Astronaut

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"Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the Earth are two separate entities, the Earth is only the environment. You are in the centre and you want to do something for the Earth in order for you to survive. That is a dualistic way of seeing."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

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"There is more He-3 energy on the Moon than we have ever had in the form of fossil fuels on Earth. All we have to do is to go there and get it."

Wilson Greatbatch, American Inventor

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"Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth."

Stendhal, French Writer

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"Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter - to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way, as if we were sitting by a mountain lake and contemplating hills and woods and clouds in the tranquil and fathomless water."

Music

"Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too."

Time

"A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint."

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"Do something wonderful, people may imitate it."

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"The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up."

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"As we acquire more knowledge things do not become more comprehensible but more mysterious."

Mystery

"It is only through love that we can attain to communion with God. All living knowledge of God rest upon this foundation: that we experience Him in our lives as Will-to-love."

Consciousness

"O heavenly Father,protect and bless all thingsthat have breath: guard themfrom all evil and let them sleep in peace."

Blessing

"If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life."

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"An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind."

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