We all moan and groan about the loss of the quality of life through the destruction of our ecology, and yet every one of us, in our own little comfortable ways, contributes daily to that destruction. It's time now to awaken in each one of us the respect and attention our beloved Mother deserves.
Interpretation
We often complain about environmental issues while unknowingly contributing to them.
This quote highlights the hypocrisy in our attitudes towards environmental degradation. While we lament the declining quality of life related to ecological destruction, we often fail to recognize our individual roles in perpetuating it. Ed Asner calls for a collective awakening to the importance of respecting and caring for our planet, which he personifies as 'Mother', emphasizing the need for personal accountability and activism in the face of ecological crisis.
In practice
In a speech about climate change at a local community meeting, you can use this quote to highlight personal responsibility.
Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get. If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets. But be around actors because that is where you will primarily learn.
As they used to say 'What if they gave a war and nobody came?' How worthwhile if they declared a day of peace and everybody came.
The wilderness does not make you forget your normal life so much as it removes the distractions for proper remembering.
The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.
What I love most about nature is how indifferent it is to us humans and human suffering. While we are here with our little or big tragedies - the wind is blowing, the leaves are rustling in the trees, the flowers bloom, and die - there's a great comfort in that indifference.
I think that Canada is one of the most impressive countries in the world, the way it has managed a diverse population, a migrant economy. The natural beauty of Canada is extraordinary. Obviously there is enormous kinship between the United States and Canada, and the ties that bind our two countries together are things that are very important to us.
The mountain remains unmoved at its seeming defeat by the mist.
As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,- Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
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