"The universe is composed of subjects to be communed with, not objects to be exploited. Everything has its own voice. Thunder and lightening and stars and planets, flowers, birds, animals, trees, ~~ all these have voices, and they constitute a community of existence that is profoundly related."

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Source : "A Language Older Than Words". Book by Derrick Jensen (p. 361), 2000.

Thomas Berry

#Nature Quotes #Stars Quotes #Flower Quotes

“I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.”
“There's a story behind every person. There's a reason why they're the way they are. Think about that before you judge anyone.”
“Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.”

Source : Henry Van Dyke, “Time Is”
“The sun has set in your life; it is getting cold. The hundreds of people around you cannot console you for the loss of the one.”
“Something has to matter. Otherwise, a person's life will be miserable and empty.”
“I think that if you can turn off the mind and look only with the eyes, ultimately everything becomes abstract.”
“When I last went to Italy, over two years ago, I had a lot more trouble understanding the language than I used to when I lived there for a year. I used to speak very little but I could understand very well.”
“Music fills in for words a lot of the time when people don't know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent than words.”

Source : "Tamera Mowry: ‘Sister, Sister’ Star Opens Up About Wedding, Kim Kardashian And New Show ‘Tia & Tamera’". Interview with Crystal Bell, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 8, 2011.

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