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Chief Seattle

"You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves."

Source : Seattle (Chief) (1976). “Chief Seattle's Testimony”

Chief Seattle

#Mother Quotes #Respect Quotes #Children Quotes

“Silence is something more than just a pause; it is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and the horizon itself expands. In silence, we often say, we can hear ourselves think; but what is truer to say is that in silence we can hear ourselves not think....In silence, we might better say, we can hear someone else think.”

Source : Pico Iyer (2011). “Tropical Classical: Essays from Several Directions”, p.546, Vintage
“Trees have about them something beautiful and attractive even to the fancy, since they cannot change their places, are witnesses of all the changes that take place around them; and as some reach a great age, they become, as it were, historical monuments, and like ourselves they have a life, growing and passing away, --not being inanimate and unvarying like the fields and rivers. One sees them passing through various stages, and at last step by step approaching death, which makes them look still more like ourselves.”
“The undisturbed coastal plain is home to a wide variety of plants and animals and is the only wilderness sanctuary in North America that protects a complete range of the arctic ecosystem.”
“She already had a headache-she didn't want to add 'get tortured' to today's to-do list.”
“Corruption is a true enemy to development.”
“I personally really like getting a proper album with artwork and everything.”
“Coincidence was a concept he did not entirely trust. As someone who had spent his life exploring the hidden interconnectivity of disparate emblems and ideologies, Langdon viewed the world as a web of profoundly intertwined histories and events. The connections may be invisible, he often preached to his symbology classes at Harvard, but they are always there, buried just beneath the surface.”
“It's all about whatever enriches you. If you decide to go the domestic route and get married and all those things, it makes you a better actor.”

Source : "Josh Duhamel's career goals finally coming true". www.today.com. June 24, 2009.

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