"From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free."

Earth, Gravity, Man, Weight

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"From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free."

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"Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't."

Richard Bach, American Novelist

Earth, Mission

"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

Earth,

"The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Earth, Faces, Fortune, Heaven

"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Earth,

"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Earth, Rights, Minority

"You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth."

John Lennon, English Musician

Earth, Fact

"And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock."

George Chapman, English Poet

Earth, Walking, Will

"Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again."

Henri Cartier-Bresson, French Photographer

Earth,

"But really it was just, it was perfect. You know, I actually got that feeling like you know what, maybe this is why I'm alive, you know - maybe this is why I'm here on this on earth."

Stefano Langone, American Musician

Earth, Feeling

"Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth."

Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian Author

Earth, Enjoyment, Heaven, Lovers

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"It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations."

Bias

"The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it."

Happiness

"The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years."

Survival

"If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work."

Work

"It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert."

Collaboration

"Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy."

Animals

"If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect."

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"Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't."

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

"The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth."

"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."

"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."

"You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth."

"And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock."

"Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again."

"But really it was just, it was perfect. You know, I actually got that feeling like you know what, maybe this is why I'm alive, you know - maybe this is why I'm here on this on earth."

"Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth."

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"It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations."

"The sea is the universal sewer."

"The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever."

"We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one."

"The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it."

"The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years."

"If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work."

"It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert."

"Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy."

"If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect."