We would fight not for the political future of a distant city, rather for principles whose destruction would ruin the possibility of peace and security for the peoples of the earth.
Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men.
Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
Unfortunately this earth is not a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh.
For we must be one thing or the other, an asset or a liability, the sinew in your wing to help you soar, or the chain to bind you to earth.
Jupiter, a world far larger than Earth, is so warm that it currently radiates more internal heat than it receives from the Sun.
Heaven is on this earth. There are no angels on the clouds with twanging harps… That’s just another man’s fantasy.
Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.
Every corny thing that’s said about living with nature – being in harmony with the earth, feeling the cycle of the seasons – happens to be true.
Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love.
There is no man on Earth or devil in Hell who can keep you from the very best God put in you.
Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.
Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.
In whatever number of years I have on Earth, I think that promoting the values of free expression, the openness of the Internet, that’s the best use of my time.
Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.
We can not have equilibrium in this world with the current inequality and destruction of Mother Earth. Capitalism is what is causing this problem and it needs to end.
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.