The poor old earth which has mothered us and nursed us we treat with scant respect. Our awe and veneration we reserve… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
To a large degree, we are still bound to the modern scientific spirit, that characterizes reality merely by its material and mechanic… — Leonardo Boff Copy Share Image
The first steps toward stewardship are awareness, appreciation, and the selfish desire to have the things around for our kids to see.… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
We punish the body and strip the earth. And we do it in pursuit of a so-called holiness that smacks of the… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
“Without imagination---without creativity---without courage---the best prairie restorations don't happen. The rewards don't always come in our lifetime... . We work, knowing we… — Cindy Crosby Copy Share Image
Yet we can be sure that whatever fictions exist in Wall Street bookkeeping, the earth is a faithful scribe, a faultless calculator,… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
You have established the earth and it continues. All things stand this day according to your directions. For all things are your… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
True patriots believe that freedom from responsibility is selfishness, freedom from sacrifice is cowardice, freedom from tolerance is prejudice, freedom from stewardship… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
We have failed...through our lack of responsible awareness...and thus added to suffering around the world. All of us are cripples-some physically, some… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
Our problem with limited resources is not primarily overpopulation; it is greed. Our problem with pollution is not the invention of fluorocarbons… — Winkie Pratney Copy Share Image
Technologically, modern man does everything he can do-he functions on this single boundary principle. Modern man, seeing himself as autonomous, with no… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
We can only live the changes we wish to see: we cannot think our way to humanity. Every one of us, every… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
Once plants and animals were raised together on the same farm - which therefore neither produced unmanageable surpluses of manure, to be… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Who ever saw his old clothes, - his old coat, actually worn out, resolved into its primitive elements, so that it was… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
To image the being of God towards the world, to be the priest of creation, is to behave towards the world in… — Colin Gunton Copy Share Image
By surviving passages of doubt and depression on the vocational journey, I have become clear about at least one thing: self-care is… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
“Stewardship means to consciously take up our cultural power, investing it intentionally among the seemingly powerless, putting our power at their disposal… — Andy Crouch Copy Share Image
Our destruction of nature is not just bad stewardship, or stupid economics, or a betrayal of family responsibility; it is the most… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
We do not have any respect, let alone reverence, for the world of nature because we do not have any respect, let… — Philip Sherrard Copy Share Image
If the flower were not attached to its stem, it would flee at the approach of man, like the insect or the… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
When the church becomes an institution, people are nothing more than volunteers to be recruited. When the church is a movement, our… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
We have probed the earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it… That does not fit my… — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
We face a fundamental question which can be described as both ethical and ecological. How can accelerated development be prevented from turning… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Simply because humankind have the power now to meddle or 'manage' or 'exercise stewardship' in every nook and cranny of the world… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
There are many hearing me who now know well that they are not Christians because they do not love to give. To… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne Copy Share Image
I had sort of exhausted all the avenues playing in Detroit. So again, through the stewardship of my brother, I ended up… — Chad Smith Copy Share Image
We are unconscious of most of our body's processes, thank goodness, because we'd screw it up if we weren't. The human body… — Lynn Margulis Copy Share Image
...while God has done his part in creating a world capable of providing what we need, we have not done our part… — Wess Stafford Copy Share Image
Priestly stewardship suggests that creation is not just for us, that it has purpose independent of the uses we can make of… — Rodney Clapp Copy Share Image
Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind's capacity for empathy and for decent, honorable conduct and faithful… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
It is important to combine structural reforms and good fiscal stewardship with a growth strategy, because when your economy's growing and more… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
President Obama has expressed his commitment to responsible stewardship of our land, water, and other natural resources. And one way of restoring… — Tom Vilsack Copy Share Image
Trust is the glue that holds everything together. It creates the environment in which all of the other elements win-win stewardship agreements,… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
“God is responsible for everything we have, everything we achieve, every blessing in our lives. He reminds us of this by asking… — Marcus Hall Copy Share Image
As parents, you may confidently rear your children according to Gods Word. While bringing up your children, you are to remember that… — John C. Broger Copy Share Image
Show me a religion that doesn't care about compassion. Show me a religion that doesn't care about stewardship of the environment. Show… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
... these are the two factors that lead to the destruction of our environment: money and time-or to say it another way,… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“If we were to gain God's perspective, even for a moment, and were to look at the way we go through life… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
The time of reckoning will at length arrive. And when finallly summoned to the bar of God, to give an account of… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
