Posts from the ‘Care of the Earth’ Category
The Poetry of Life
There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it.
– Gustave Flaubert
Wednesday of Hope – Be Joyful!Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts.
Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts.
– Wendell Berry
Perceiving Life with Reverence
If we perceived Life with reverence, we would stand in awe at the experience of physical Life and walk the Earth in a very deep sense of gratitude.
– Gary Zukav
Wisdom from the Dalai Lama
Grand osprey near Target Rock on Long Island
Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.
– His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Where Do We Find Heaven?
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
– Henry David Thoreau
A Month of Rachel Carson – Week 5
Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.
– Rachel Carson
A Month of Rachel Carson – Week 4
It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility.
– Rachel Carson
