"If a man loses one-third of his skin he dies; if a tree loses one-third of its bark, it too dies. If the Earth is a 'sentient being', would it not be reasonable to expect that if it loses one-third of its trees and vegetable covering, it will also die?"

-- Richard St. Barbe Baker

#Men Quotes #Vegetables Quotes #Tree Quotes

“The sanctity of law can be maintained only so long as it is the expression of the will of the people.”

Source : Bhagat Singh, Bhupendra Hooja, Democratic Youth Federation of India (2007). “Bhagat Singh, on the path of liberation”
“My parents had a factory, so I was linked to the textile and fashion industry.”
“It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.”
“It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves.”
“She was overstrained with grief and loneliness: almost any shoulder would have done as well.”
“I was in fashion school, my brother has a law background, and my sister-in-law had worked in production, but none of us had a proper fashion business education.”
“Of all the minor creatures of mythology, fairies are the most beautiful, the most numerous, the most memorable.”
“I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes.”

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