#earth

Jerusalem (1804) And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green And was the holy lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen And did the countenance divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills And was Jerusalem builded here Among those dark Satanic mills Bring me my bow of burning gold Bring me my arrows of desire Bring me my spears o'clouds unfold Bring me my chariot of fire I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand 'Til we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant land ↗

— William Blake

#england

A cricket ground is a flat piece of earth with some buildings around it. ↗

— Richie Benaud

#buildings #cricket #earth #flat #ground

Any clock that can track this sideral schedule proves itself as perfect as God's magnificent clockwork. Dava Sobel ↗

— Dava Sobel

#earth-rotation #science #stars #time #science

These are my friends, my family. It would be hell on earth to spend the rest of my life leading them into situations where some of them are going to get killed... but it would be worse watching someone well-meaning but incompetent or untrained double those deaths. ↗

— Mercedes Lackey

#double #earth #family #friends #get

Take away love and our earth is a tomb. ↗

— Robert Browning

#away #earth #our #take #tomb

In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am. ↗

— Carl Jung

#case #climb #consisted #could #down

You must be a power on earth, and must therefore accept all the consequences of this position. ↗

— Lajos Kossuth

#consequences #earth #must #position #power

It's true that the more you put in the more you get out and that has to be there I think, If you aren't really hooked on your instrument this job would be a hell on earth but if you are, it's the best. ↗

— Leo Kottke

#earth #get #hell #hooked #i

Few of us are aware that the act of eating can be a powerful statement of commitment to our own well-being, and at the same time the creation of a healthier habitat. Your health, happiness, and the future of life on earth are rarely so much in your own hands as when you sit down to eat. ↗

— John Robbins

#environment #food #health #food

After that I could never pass a dead man without stopping to gaze on his face, stripped by death of that earthly patina which masks the living soul. And I would ask, who were you? Where was your home? Who is mourning for you now? ↗

— Ernst Toller

#ask #could #dead #death #earthly