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Wednesday, April 22, 2015 by lifeonthecutoff

“This we know: All things are connected like the blood that unites us. We did not weave the web of life. We are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.”

Attributed to Chief Seattle.

Cover image from Susan Jeffer’s “Brother Eagle, Sister Sky”.

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on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 11:29 am | Reply Karen Snyder

Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.
— Cree Indian Proverb

We would always do well to consider the wisdom of those who came before us.

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- on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 11:45 am | Reply lifeonthecutoff
  
  Such ancient wisdom, Karen. I do not recall seeing this Cree Proverb, which is perfect for Earth Day, even more perfect for life as we know it. I will write it into my Commonplace Book, that place where all good quotes go.
  
  Indeed, we would do well to remember them, Karen. Thank you so very much.
  
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- on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 7:23 pm | Reply Andra Watkins
  
  The perfect quote, Karen.
  
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on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 2:55 pm | Reply marilyn r

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more.
Lord Byron, “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”

Thought I would add my favorite from English 101 to the Earth Day quotes. Such a meaningful way to honor the day.

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- on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 5:42 pm | Reply lifeonthecutoff
  
  I saw this earlier, Marilyn, on my cell phone, and needed to bring it home and savor it over a cup of tea. Savor it, I did, imaging some future walk in a “pathless woods”. It is a perfect poem from which to honor Earth Day – and yet another addition to my Commonplace Book.
  
  As Karen said above, the wisdom of those who came before us. Thank you.
  
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on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 3:20 am | Reply Juliet

Beautiful Penny. Such wisdom and truth; thank you.

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- on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 7:19 am | Reply lifeonthecutoff
  
  You are welcome, Juliet. As Karen says in her comment, it is “the wisdom of those who came before us).
  
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on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 8:44 am | Reply L. Marie

Beautiful quote! That’s why I hate to see people litter, especially throwing stuff in rivers or out of their cars.

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- on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 9:09 am | Reply lifeonthecutoff
  
  That is a “pet peeve” of mine as well, L. Marie; all that litter along roads and in rivers, well, that just keeps flowing and doing its damage.
  This is a lovely book. Have you read it? It is for younger readers (and older folks like me). I love Jeffers’ illustrations in all her books and this is among my favorites.
  
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on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 3:36 pm | Reply Perpetua

So very true and we forget this at our peril.

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- on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 4:31 pm | Reply lifeonthecutoff
  
  Indeed, we do, Perpetua.
  
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on Monday, April 27, 2015 at 4:41 am | Reply bloggingfromthebog

Such wisdom, we could use a lot more of it.

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- on Monday, April 27, 2015 at 7:34 am | Reply lifeonthecutoff
  
  We sure could, Janet
  
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