"We find ourselves ethically destitute just when, for the first time, we are faced with ultimacy, the irreversible closing down of the earth's functioning in its major life systems. Our ethical traditions know how to deal with suicide, homicide and even genocide, but these traditions collapse entirely when confronted with biocide, the killing of the life systems of the earth, and geocide, the devastation of the earth itself."

-- Thomas Berry

#Suicide Quotes #Earth Quotes #Devastation Quotes

“An idea on paper to a reality in large part.”

Source : "Ridge: Unified agency a 'continuation' of security efforts", cnn.com. February 24, 2003.
“I would that with sleepy, soft embraces The sea would fold mewould find me rest In luminous shades of her secret places, In depths where her marvels are manifest; So the earth beneath her should not discover My hidden couchnor the heaven above her As a strong love shielding a weary lover, I would have her shield me with shining breast.”

Source : The Swimmer', stanza 5, collected in Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes (1870).
“Life is a fatal adventure. It can only have one end. So why not make it as far-ranging and free as possible.”
“I'm waking up to say I tried, instead of waking up to another TV guide.”
“I'll always be with you, inside and out," she reads. "Through hard times and helpless ones, through love, through doubt.”
“The purified, integrated mind, so perfected in its own understanding, lives in close communion with the soul radiance so that light becomes the constant companion of the mind.”
“My hope is that when people read my story, it will inspire them to reach for their goals and not give up. The real story is this: if I can do it, you can too.”

Source : "Gretchen Carlson Gets Real". Interview with Mark Joseph, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 15, 2015.
“If a catastrophic event wipes out a large portion of House members, America needs to know this body, elected by the people, will be quickly and legally reconstituted and will continue to function.”

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