Nothing on earth is so well-suited to make the sad merry, the merry sad, to give courage to the despairing, read more

Nothing on earth is so well-suited to make the sad merry, the merry sad, to give courage to the despairing, to make the proud humble, to lessen envy and hate, as music

I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth read more

I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum.

Earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice of God.

Earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice of God.

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether read more

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.

The church says that the Earth is flat, but I have seen the
shadow on the moon and I read more

The church says that the Earth is flat, but I have seen the
shadow on the moon and I have more faith in the shadow than in
the church.

Our earth is but a small star in a great universe. Yet of it we can make, if we choose, read more

Our earth is but a small star in a great universe. Yet of it we can make, if we choose, a planet unvexed by war, untroubled by hunger or fear, undivided by senseless distinctions of race, color or theory.

There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.

There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.

The earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.

The earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.

How far must suffering and misery go before we see that even in the day of vast cities and powerful read more

How far must suffering and misery go before we see that even in the day of vast cities and powerful machines, the good earth is our mother and that if we destroy her, we destroy ourselves?