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There are seeds of happiness planted in every human soul. Our mental attitude and disposition constitute the environment in which these seeds may germinate.
— David O. McKay
For the true measure of agriculture is not the sophistication of its equipment the size of its income or even the statistics of its productivity but the good health of the land.
— Wendell Berry
How important is a constant intercourse with nature and the contemplation of natural phenomena to the preservation of moral and intellectual health!
— Henry David Thoreau
We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment.
— Napoleon Hill
Here we are, arguably the most intelligent being that's ever walked planet Earth, with this extraordinary brain ... and yet we're destroying the only home we have.
— Jane Goodall
A person who undertakes to grow a garden at home, by practices that will preserve rather than exploit the economy of the soil, has his mind precisely against what is wrong with us.
— Wendell Berry
The environment is God's gift to everyone, and in our use of it we have a responsibility towards the poor, towards future generations, and towards humanity as a whole.
— Pope Benedict XVI
What I stand for is what I stand on.
— Wendell Berry
A bird & a fish can fall in love, but where do they make a home?
— Dolly Parton
Someday we shall look back on this dark era of agriculture and shake our heads. How could we have ever believed that it was a good idea to grow our food with poisons?
— Jane Goodall
Walk into a library anywhere in the world and you'll notice the same thing: It's quiet and calm. Everyone knows how to behave in a library. In fact, few things transcend cultures like library behavior. It's a place where people go to read, think, study, focus, and work. And the hushed, respectful environment reflects that. Isn't that what an office should be?
— Jason Fried
Commuting isn't just bad for you, your relationships, and the environment—it's bad for business. And it doesn't have to be that way.
— Jason Fried