Mother earth quotes

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Quotes are in no particular order

The earth is what we all have in common~Wendell Barry

Earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice of god~Samuel M. Hageman

Earth laughs in flowers~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven. ~ Rabindranath Tagore

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth~Thoreau

really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours~ Kurt Vonnegut Jr

The earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in~Thomas Jefferson

The earth and its resources belong of right to its people~Gifford Pinchot

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed~ Mahatma Gandhi

Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life~ R. Carson

Celebrate Earth Day every day~John Denver

It is now well understood that humans ultimately depend on the health of the planet for their wellbeing~Peter Garret

Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, if you listen carefully, you can hear her breathing ~ Arundhati Roy

The sun gives spirit and life to plants and the earth nourishes them with moisture. ~Leonardo da Vinci

You do not inherit the earth from your ancestors: you borrow it from your children~Antoine de Saint Exupéry