Quotes
Owning fewer things has
resulted in things no longer owning us -- Matthew Sleeth, Serve God, Save the Planet.
The earth was designed to
sustain every generation's needs, not to be plundered in an attempt to meet one
generation's wants -- Matthew Sleeth, Serve
God, Save the Planet.
The "consumer
lifestyle" demands an enormous amount of work, worry, strife, and
struggle, while instilling a deep sense of longing and discontent -- Matthew
Sleeth, Serve God, Save the Planet.
The problem today is not one
of nature worship; … it is the worship of all things made by human beings. --
Matthew Sleeth, Serve God, Save the
Planet.
For no part of Creation is
left void of him: he has filled all things everywhere… -- Athanasius
The initial step for us all
to come to knowledge of God is contemplation of nature. -- Iranaeus (120-202)
The world has been created
for everyone's use, but you few rich are trying to keep it up for yourselves.
For not merely the possession of the earth, but the very sky, the air, and the
sea are claimed for the use of the rich few… The earth belongs to all, not just
to the rich. -- Ambrose of Milan
The whole earth is a living
icon of the face of God. -- John of Damascus
God writes the gospel not in
the bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and the
stars. -- Martin Luther (1483-1546)
If we learn to love the
earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole
new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly
alive. -- Teresa of Avila
It would go a long way to
caution and direct people in their use of the world that they would better
studied and known in the creation of it. For how could man find the confidence
to abuse it, while they should see the Great Creator stare them in the face, in
all and every part thereof? -- William Penn (1644-1718), Fruits of Solitude
I believe in my heart that
faith in Jesus Christ can and will lead us beyond an exclusive concern for the
well-being of other human beings to the broader concern for the well-being of
the birds in our backyards, the fish in our rivers, and every living creature
on the face of the earth. -- John Wesley (1701-91)
Men will become poor because
they will not have a love for trees… If you don't love trees, you don't love
God. -- Nikephoros of Chios (1715-1821), A lack of trees brings poverty
All abuse and waste of God's
creatures are spoil and robbery on the property of the Creator. -- Adam Clarke
(1762-1832)
There are crowds who trample
a flower into the dust without thinking once that they have one of the sweetest
thoughts of God under their heel. -- J. G. Holland (1819-81), Gold-foil: hammered from popular proverbs
Man has been endowed with
the reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what's been given.
But up to now, he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep
disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climates ruined,
and the land grows poorer and uglier every day. -- Anton Chekhov (1816-1904), Uncle Vanya
I love to think of nature as
an unlimited broadcasting station through which God speaks to us every hour, if
we will only tune in. -- George Washington Carver (ca. 1864-1943)
The harvested fields bathed
in the autumn mist speak of God and his goodness far more vividly than any
human lips. -- Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), Reverence for life
When you defile the pleasant
streams and the wild birds' abiding place, you massacre a million dreams and
cast your spittle in God's face. -- John Drinkwater (1882-1937)
A wrong attitude toward
nature implies, somewhere, a wrong attitude toward God. -- T. S. Elliot
(1888-1965), The idea of a Christian
society
A society in which
consumption has to be artificially stimulated in order to keep production going
is a society founded on trash and waste, for such a society is a house built
upon sand. -- Dorothy Sayers (1893-1957)
I would feel more optimistic
about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit
nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. -- E.
B. White (1899-1985), Essays of E. B.
White
We need to find God, but we
cannot find him in noise or in excitement. See how nature, the trees, the
flowers, the grass, grow in deep silence. See how the stars, the moon, and the
sun all move in silence. -- Mother Teresa (1910-97)
If I'm going to be in the
right relationship with God, I should treat the things he has made in the same
way he treats them. -- Francis Schaeffer (1912-84), Pollution and the death of man
To drive to extinction
something He has created is wrong. He has a purpose for everything… We
Christians have a responsibility to take the lead in caring for the earth. --
Billy Graham, Detroit
God intends… our care of
Creation to reflect our love for the Creator. -- John R. W. Stott, The Care of Creation.
The maternal sea is
polluted, the heavens are rent, the forests are being destroyed and the desert
areas are increasing. We must protect Creation. Better yet, we must embellish
it, render it spiritual, transfigure it. But nothing will be done unless there
is a general conversion of men's minds and hearts. -- Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch
Once we repossess a sense of
our own holiness, we will recover the sense of the holiness of the world… Only
in this way will we once again become aware that our destiny and the destiny of
nature are one and the same. -- Philip Sherrard (1922-95), Human image, world image
The best remedy for those
who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be
quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel
that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the
simple beauty of nature… I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all
troubles. -- Anne Frank (1929-45), Diary
We must work passionately
and indefatigably to bridge the gulf between our scientific progress and our
moral progress. One of the great problems of mankind is that we suffer from a
poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and
technological abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we
have become morally and spiritually. -- Martin Luther King Jr (1929-68)
In a time of ecological
emergency, the church can offer to the world a hope that is rooted in the power
of God to bring new life into all that has been created. -- Wesley
Granberg-Michaelson (1945-), Ecology and
life
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