We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
As many know, the Chinese expression for "crisis" consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for "danger," the second the symbol for "opportunity."
Forests are the lungs of our land.
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.
When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.
There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things we could use.
The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.
The ultimate test of a man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.
What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
The poetry of the earth is never dead.
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