Connection to Earth Quotes

"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

- John Donne

"I wanted to be part of the world, but I didn’t see anyone like me in it."

- Jim LeBrecht

"We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different dreams."

- Jimmy Carter

"America is woven of many strands; I would recognize them and let it so remain. … Our fate is to become one and yet many."

- Ralph Ellison

"Americans of all ages, all stations in life, and all types of dispositions are forever forming associations … at the head of any new undertaking. Where in France you would find the government or in England some territorial magnate, in the United States you are sure to find as an association."

- Alexis de Tocqueville

"A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience."

- John Dewey

"Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in the bonds of fraternal feeling."

- Abraham Lincoln, 1860

"That's one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people, and they'll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons."

- Dave Grohl

"Music is a world within itself, it’s a language we all understand."

- Stevie Wonder

"There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me."

- Thomas Jefferson

"Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity."

- Adrian Cronauer

"We're drinking my friend, to the end of a brief episode. Make it one for my baby, and one more for the road."

- Johnny Mercer

"There are no strangers here, only friends you haven’t met."

- William Butler Yeats

"Four-leaf clovers," she said. "I've been finding them everywhere, in the oddest places." Star stepped out of the garden bed and gently plucked the clover from Georgia's hand, pinching it between her fingers. "Well, look at that," she said softly. She glanced at Georgia. "My grandma Emma was Irish, raised near Galway---that's where our red hair comes from--- and she loved four-leaf clovers. Always felt they connected her with the country of her birth."

- Rachel Linden

"What do parents owe their young that is more important than a warm and trusting connection to the Earth?"

- Theodore Roszak

"There’s nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend."

- Bob Ross

"Our challenge isn’t so much to teach children about the natural world, but to find ways to sustain instinctive connections they already carry."

- Terry Krautwurst

"You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

"Play matters because people matter. It reminds us of our interdependence and gives us a chance to really see other people. And in turn, to be really and truly seen."

- Jill Vialet

"Let's be alone together."

- Fall Out Boy

"Birds of a feather, flock together."

"No man is an island, entire of itself."

"You're never alone in your heartache. Your friends and family support you; the Universe is 100% behind you."

"Your relationships with other people and the connections you make are very powerful in your recovery."

"The feeling of having shared a common peril is one element in the powerful cement which binds us."

"Practical experience shows that nothing will so much ensure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics."

"Want to find out who your true friends are? Get sober."

"Friendship is a widely underrated medication."

"The only reason we ask others about their weekend is so we can tell them about ours."

"You're not alone"