"Unless we practice conservation, those who come after us will have to pay the price of misery, degradation, and failure for the progress and prosperity of our day"

-- Gifford Pinchot

#Practice Quotes #Progress Quotes #Degradation Quotes

“At first we hope too much and later on, not enough.”
“A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.”
“If you're tired of getting additional information, you can just close your eyes, get some sleep. But earlids, covering of the ears, never evolved. Not once do we find it, even in the fossil records. Because while we let our eyes relax, our ears are still hearing. And that's why alarm clocks work and wake us up. We still gather information. Every animal is gathering information 24/7. So I like to think of acoustic ecologists as people who are trying to become better listeners, 24/7.”

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“A knowledge that another has felt as we have felt, and seen things not much otherwise than we have seen them, will continue to the end to be one of life's choicest blessings.”
“He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion.”
“Once you see a child's self-image begin to improve, you will see significant gains in achievement areas, but even more important, you will see a child who is beginning to enjoy life more.”
“This is what's so hard about our current politics: things poll well, but people don't believe that politicians are telling the truth.”
“Many people have overcome that home situation simply by having at least one caring adult, whether a teacher, mentor or religious leader.”

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