"I like to walk, touch living Mother Earthâ€”bare feet best, and thrill every step. Used to envy happy reptiles that had advantage of so much body in contact with earth, bosom to bosom. [We] live with our heels as well as head and most of our pleasure comes in that way."

-- John Muir

#Mother Quotes #Feet Quotes #Envy Quotes

“Nothing ensures the success of the child more in the society than being read to from infancy to young adulthood. Reading books to and with children is the single most important thing a parent, grandparent, or significant adult can do.”
“[Gauss calculated the elements of the planet Ceres] and his analysis proved him to be the first of theoretical astronomers no less than the greatest of 'arithmeticians.'”

Source : "Mathematica: The Philomath's Quotation Book". Book by Robert Édouard Moritz, p. 157, 1942.
“I was crazy for music as a high school kid and a college kid.”

Source : "Music of The O.C.: Interview With Music Supervisor Alexandra Patsavas". Interview with Chris Carle, www.ign.com. March 22, 2005.
“Marrying a divorced man is ecologically responsible; in a world where there are more women than men, it pays to recycle.”
“Civil disobedience is an act of love.”

Source : "Civil disobedience is an act of love | An interview with Tim DeChristopher". Interview with Leslee Goodman, moonmagazine.org. December 1, 2014.
“Someday our souls will be one and our union will be forever. I know that everything I give you comes back to me. So I give you my life , hoping that you will come back to me.”
“Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier.”
“I don't feel like there's any need to hide the fact that I smoke pot. It's a harmless herbal substance that increases sensory appreciation.”

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