Good-Bye is an easy word to say but try saying it to a friend. If I never knew you, I'd be safe, but half as real, never knowing I could feel.
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But I know every rock and tree and creature has a life, has a spirit, has a name.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the interconnectedness and spiritual significance of all living things.
This quote reflects the idea that every element of nature, from the smallest creature to the largest tree, possesses its own essence and identity. It encourages a deep respect for the natural world, highlighting that all beings are alive and deserving of recognition and reverence.
In practice
In a speech about environmental conservation, one could quote this to highlight the importance of preserving all forms of life.
The English winter - ending in July to recommence in August
If nature has made you for a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart; and though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that--warm things, kind things, sweet things--help and comfort and laughter--and sometimes gay, kind laughter is the best help of all.
I urge individuals around the world to stand up, and ask local leaders, if they haven't already, to pledge to purchase cleaner cars, build green facilities, and buy green power like wind or solar energy. Our actions may determine if we become a casualty in the war for a habitable planet for generations to come.
Four hundred year old trees, who draw aliveness from the earth like smoke from the heart of God, we come, not knowing you will hush our little want to be big; we come, not knowing that all the work is so much busyness of mind; all the worry, so much busyness of heart. As the sun warms anything near, being warms everything still and the great still things that outlast us make us crack like leaves of laurel releasing a fragrance that has always been.
Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.
Nothing is more consonant with Nature than that she puts into operation in the smallest detail that which she intends as a whole.
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