If you don't have a moral question governing your society, then you don't have a society that is going to survive.
Oren LyonsRead
When we walk upon Mother Earth,_x000D_ we always plant our feet carefully_x000D_ because we know the faces of our future generations_x000D_ are looking up at us from beneath the ground._x000D_ we never forget them.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes our responsibility to protect the environment for future generations.
Oren Lyons highlights the deep connection between humanity and the earth, stressing that our actions today affect those who will come after us. By metaphorically planting our feet carefully, he urges us to consider the impact of our choices on the future generations who rely on a healthy planet.
In practice
This quote would be powerful to use during Earth Day speeches to emphasize environmental protection.
If you don't have a moral question governing your society, then you don't have a society that is going to survive.
Man sometimes thinks he's been elevated to be the controller, the ruler, but he's not. He's only part of the whole. Man's job is not to exploit, but to oversee, to be a steward. Man has responsibility, not power.
Although we are in different boats you in your boat and we in our canoe we share the same river of life.
Even through you and I are in different boats, you in your boat and we our canoe, we share the same river of life. What befalls me befalls you. And downstream, downstream in this river of life, our children will pay for our selfishness, for our greed, and for our lack of vision.
We say that the faces of coming generations are looking up from the earth. So when you put your feet down, you put them down very carefully - because there are generations coming one after the other. If you think in these terms, then you'll walk a lot more carefully, be more respectful of this earth.
We have to do that. We have to be thankful. That's what we said. Two things were told to us: To be thankful, so those are our ceremonies, ceremonies of thanksgiving. We built nations around it, and you can do that, too. And the other thing they said was enjoy life. That's a rule, a law- enjoy life- you're supposed to.
May this continent, the last explored by humankind, be the first one to be spared by humankind.
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. And this is all very natural and organic and in tune with mysterious cycles of the cosmos, which believes that there's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fiber and, in some cases, backbone.
Here is the ghost _x000D_ _x000D_ Of a summer that lived for us, _x000D_ _x000D_ Ere is a promise _x000D_ _x000D_ Of summer to be.
The notions that nature exists to serve us; that its value consists of the instrumental benefits we can extract; that this value can be measured in cash terms; and that what can't be measured does not matter, have proved lethal to the rest of life on Earth.
The Amen of nature is always a flower.
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