Earth
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
If your ego starts out, 'I am important, I am big, I am special', you're in for some disappointments when you look around at what we've discovered about the universe. No, you're not big. No, you're not. You're small in time and in space. And you have this frail vessel called the human body that's limited on Earth.
A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven.
There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.
Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights. It is founded on the natural equality of mankind. It is the cornerstone of the Christian religion. It is the first element of all lawful government upon earth.
No beast has ever conquered the earth; and the natural world has never been conquered by muscular force.
I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it's a good place that we're all in, you know, on this earth, if we take care of it.
I am very down to earth and practical.
Live as though it were your last day on earth. Some day you will be right.
When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us.
The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
We've stayed really normal and down to Earth I think, and haven't let the success thing go to our head.
The poetry of the earth is never dead.
My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.
A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching.
Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.
No other country on earth could have provided such tremendous opportunities and we should never take the privilege of our citizenship for granted.
