"The earth is not just our environment...." - Quote by Dalai Lama
The earth is not just our environment. The earth is our mother.
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“You're happy when you help others become happy.”
“In order to be happy we must first possess inner contentment; and inner contentment doesn't come from having all we want; but rather from wanting and appreciating being grateful for all we have.”
“Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.”
More on Environment
“There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.”
“We need to get a broader awareness. People say climate change is really bad, but painting that picture of what you're putting at risk.”
“Communities should be planned with an eye to the effect on the human spirit of being continually surrounded by a maximum of beauty.”
More on Earth
“The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel.”
“The earth doesn't have a housekeeper to do the dusting. And the dust that falls on it every day remains there. Everything that's come down to us from the past has been conserved by dust.”
“You must love the crust of the earth on which you dwell more than the sweet crust of any bread or cake. You must be able to extract nutriment out of a sand-heap. You must have so good an appetite as this, else you will live in vain”