--- title: "9 Earth Paradise Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Earth Paradise quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Earth Paradise sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf6/victor-hugo-32_atheism_sacrificing-the-earth-for-paradise-is-gi_801343.jpg" --- > [Sacrificing the earth for paradise is giving up the substance for the shadow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/sacrificing-the-earth-for-paradise-is-giving-up-the-substance-for-the/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf6/victor-hugo-32_atheism_sacrificing-the-earth-for-paradise-is-gi_801343.jpg) > [If everybody lives by the sweat of his brow, the earth will become a paradise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/if-everybody-lives-by-the-sweat-of-his-brow-the-earth-will-become-a/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/mahatma-gandhi-23_brows_if-everybody-lives-by-the-sweat-of-his-b_1729329.jpg) > [The thing that had fueled these utopian communities was a literal belief, and not just a general sense of optimism, that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-jennings/the-thing-that-had-fueled-these-utopian-communities-was-a-literal/) [Christine Jennings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-jennings/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/christine-jennings-20527_belief_the-thing-that-had-fueled-these-utopian_948649.jpg) > [We have to change this whole earth into a tremendous festival, and it is possible because man brings all that is needed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/we-have-to-change-this-whole-earth-into-a-tremendous-festival-and-it/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f6/rajneesh-54_earth_we-have-to-change-this-whole-earth-into_1646724.jpg) > [“If men would learn to pursue their own happiness rather than the misery of others, we can achieve a better life for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/if-men-would-learn-to-pursue-their-own-happiness-rather-than-the/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/bertrand-russell-69_better-life_if-men-would-learn-to-pursue-their-own-h_539682.jpg) > [The earth is not a lair, neither is it a prison. The earth is a Paradise, the only one we'll ever know.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/the-earth-is-not-a-lair-neither-is-it-a-prison-the-earth-is-a/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/henry-miller-179_earth_the-earth-is-not-a-lair-neither-is-it-a_1382414.jpg) > [“A new feeling of dread for the world I live in formed in my stomach. I began to wish the ‘theory’ of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-new-feeling-of-dread-for-the-world-i-live-in-formed-in-my-stomach-i/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/s-a-david-2-176001_fear_a-new-feeling-of-dread-for-the-world-i-l_718885.jpg) > [“We live in a world of unimaginable surprises - from the fusion energy that lights the sun to the genetic and evolutionary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/we-live-in-a-world-of-unimaginable-surprises-from-the-fusion-energy/) [Sam Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/sam-harris-457_quote_we-live-in-a-world-of-unimaginable-surpr_905813.jpg) > [“If we could sniff or swallow something that would, for five or six hours each day, abolish our solitude as individuals, atone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/if-we-could-sniff-or-swallow-something-that-would-for-five-or-six/) [Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/aldous-huxley-97_clear-head_if-we-could-sniff-or-swallow-something-t_1390404.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth-paradise/#itemlist", "name": "Earth Paradise Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sacrificing the earth for paradise is giving up the substance for the shadow.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Victor Hugo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/sacrificing-the-earth-for-paradise-is-giving-up-the-substance-for-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf6/victor-hugo-32_atheism_sacrificing-the-earth-for-paradise-is-gi_801343.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf6/victor-hugo-32_atheism_sacrificing-the-earth-for-paradise-is-gi_801343.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf6/victor-hugo-32_atheism_sacrificing-the-earth-for-paradise-is-gi_801343.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sacrificing the earth for paradise is giving up the substance for the shadow.” — Victor Hugo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If everybody lives by the sweat of his brow, the earth will become a paradise.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mahatma Gandhi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/if-everybody-lives-by-the-sweat-of-his-brow-the-earth-will-become-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/mahatma-gandhi-23_brows_if-everybody-lives-by-the-sweat-of-his-b_1729329.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/mahatma-gandhi-23_brows_if-everybody-lives-by-the-sweat-of-his-b_1729329.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/mahatma-gandhi-23_brows_if-everybody-lives-by-the-sweat-of-his-b_1729329.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If everybody lives by the sweat of his brow, the earth will become a paradise.” — Mahatma Gandhi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The thing that had fueled these utopian communities was a literal belief, and not just a general sense of optimism, that the earth was about to become a paradise. 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The earth is a Paradise, the only one we'll ever know. We will realize it the moment we open our eyes. We don't have to make it a Paradise-it is one. We have only to make ourselves fit to inhabit it. The man with the gun, the man with murder in his heart, cannot possibly recognize Paradise even when he is shown it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Miller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/the-earth-is-not-a-lair-neither-is-it-a-prison-the-earth-is-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/henry-miller-179_earth_the-earth-is-not-a-lair-neither-is-it-a_1382414.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/henry-miller-179_earth_the-earth-is-not-a-lair-neither-is-it-a_1382414.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/henry-miller-179_earth_the-earth-is-not-a-lair-neither-is-it-a_1382414.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The earth is not a lair, neither is it a prison. 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