"The highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences"

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Frank Herbert

#Understanding Quotes #Environment Quotes #Function Quotes

“I cannot see the short, white curls Upon the forehead of an Ox, But what I see them dripping with That poor thing's blood, and hear the ax; When I see calves and lambs, I see Them led to death; I see no bird Or rabbit cross the open field But what a sudden shot is heard; A shout that tells me men aim true, For death or wound, doth chill me through.”
“Few people know that I grew up in Germany and that my family still lives there.”
“The essence of parenthood is to make children think that they are the most handsome, intelligent, brilliant person in the world.”
“A man rejects God neither because of intellectual demands nor because of the scarcity of evidence. A man rejects God because of a moral resistance that refuses to admit his need for God.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ravi Zacharias from Jul 23, 2013
“I was so pleased to be at university to do physics and mathematics.”
“I've never felt nervous in front of big crowds and in big stadiums.”
“I set out to become the greatest lover in Vienna, the greatest horseman in Austria, and the greatest economist in the world. Alas, for the illusions of youth: as a horseman, I was never really first-rate.”
“There's beauty in everything, but not everyone is able to feel it.”

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