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Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching- even when doing the wrong thing is legal.


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We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.



Land is not merely soil, it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals.

Land is not merely soil, it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals.



Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.



There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.

There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.



A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.



The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?

The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?



There can be no doubt that a society rooted in the soil is more stable than one rooted in pavements.

There can be no doubt that a society rooted in the soil is more stable than one rooted in pavements.



There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.

There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.



The first law of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts

The first law of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts



To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.





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O God open our eyes to see the wonders of your holy word.



They make me...they make me think of being stuck somewhere? I don't know, like weighted down, but then these patches...

They make me...they make me think of being stuck somewhere? I don't know, like weighted down, but then these patches...



Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.

Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.



As the victim, you offer the gift of your forgiving to the perpetrator who may or may not appropriate the gift but it has been offered and thereby it liberates the victim.

As the victim, you offer the gift of your forgiving to the perpetrator who may or may not appropriate the gift but it has been offered and thereby it liberates the victim.



Be always faithful to me, as I always desire to keep you in peace; and if there have been wiser kings, none has ever loved you more than I have.

Be always faithful to me, as I always desire to keep you in peace; and if there have been wiser kings, none has ever loved you more than I have.



Had I been in Toronto, I would certainly have been killed in this attack. In the room where I normally sleep, the flames and the smoke and the soot is such that the gases would have killed me.

Had I been in Toronto, I would certainly have been killed in this attack. In the room where I normally sleep, the flames and the smoke and the soot is such that the gases would have killed me.



Aesthetically, I love the whole history of the music.

Aesthetically, I love the whole history of the music.



Compared to people in Africa, I think we've all had privileged upbringings.

Compared to people in Africa, I think we've all had privileged upbringings.



Happiness is not an individual matter. When you are able to bring relief, or bring back the smile to one person, not only that person profits, but you also profit.

Happiness is not an individual matter. When you are able to bring relief, or bring back the smile to one person, not only that person profits, but you also profit.



So little time and so little to do.

So little time and so little to do.




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