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A testimony is a most precious possession because it is not acquired by logic or reason alone, it cannot be purchased with earthly possessions, and… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Coal, oil and gas are called fossil fuels, because they are mostly made of the fossil remains of beings from long ago. The chemical energy… — Carl Sagan
The house is made up of the spirits of our ancestors. Did you think they would lie idly by while we were under attack?" 'Cuz,… — Christine Feehan
Before we invented civilization our ancestors lived mainly in the open out under the sky. Before we devised artificial lights and atmospheric pollution and modern… — Carl Sagan
The price we have paid for expecting to be so much more than our ancestors is a perpetual anxiety that we are far from being… — Alain de Botton
Where did love begin?What human being looked at another and saw in their face the forests and the sea? Was there a day, exhausted and… — Jeanette Winterson
‎Our ancestors took this land. They took it and made it and held it. We do not give up what our ancestors gave us. They… — Bernard Cornwell
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children — Chief Seattle
Our ancestors derived less from life than we do, but they also expected much less and were less intent on controlling the future. We are… — Amin Maalouf
Decades ago, our ancestors realized that it is not just political ideology, religious belief, race, or nationalism that is to blame for a warring world.… — Veronica Roth
The reappearance of the crescent moon after the new moon; the return of the Sun after a total eclipse, the rising of the Sun in… — Carl Sagan
When our ancestors were attacked at Pearl Harbor, they called it a day that would live in infamy. The day the Partials attacked us with… — Dan Wells
There are things we don't do. From this moment forth, let us all ensure our every action reflects well on us and our ancestors. Let… — Jack Campbell
The past lives within the present, and our ancestors breathe through our children. — Elif Safak
Light is the only connection we have with the Universe beyond our solar system, and the only connection our ancestors had with anything beyond Earth.… — Brian Cox
If we are to make progress, we must not repeat history but make new history. We must add to inheritance left by our ancestors. — Mahatma Gandhi
Faith is indispensable, and the world at times does not seem to have quite enough of it. It can and has accomplished what seems to… — Carl Sandburg
A solitary American monk named Thomas Berry writes that in our relationship to nature, we have been autistic for centuries. Wrapped tightly in our own… — Janine Benyus
Ritual affirms the common patterns, the values, the shared joys, risks, sorrows, and changes that bind a community together. Ritual links together our ancestors and… — Starhawk
Breathing air is a liberating experience. It freed our ancestors from the constraints of staying wet or having to remain within easy reach of water… — Lyall Watson
Very long ago our ancestors had moral systems. Our current institutions are only a couple of thousand years old, which is really not old in… — Frans de Waal
Having culture means we are the only animal that acquires the rules of its daily living from the accumulated knowledge of our ancestors, rather than… — Mark Pagel
Traditionally, our ancestors boiled mushrooms in water to make a soothing tea. Boiling served several purposes: killing contaminants, softening the flesh, and extracting the rich… — Paul Stamets
Through trial-and-error and observable outcomes, our ancestors narrowed the field of edible mushroom candidates to just a few with remarkable, health-supporting properties. — Paul Stamets
Though as a psychologist I like to think that nothing human is foreign to me, I admit to having been repeatedly flabbergasted by the insouciance,… — Steven Pinker

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