"In our every decision, we must consider its impact on the next seven generations."
an Iroquois principle
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"In wildness is the preservation of the world."
John Muir, explorer and lover of nature
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"We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive."
Albert Einstein
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"In
the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of
unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the
military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of
misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of
this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes."
Dwight Eisenhower
Farewell Address, 1961
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"That
person is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest."
"Most of the luxuries and so-called comforts of life are not only not
indispensable, but hindrances to the elevation of mankind."
Henry David Thoreau
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"The
most precious things of life are near at hand, without money and
without price. Each of you has the whole wealth of the universe at your
very door."
John Burroughs, renowned naturalist and writer
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"Nature
we have always with us, an inexhaustible storehouse of that which moves
the heart, appeals to the mind, and fires the imagination - health to
the body, a stimulus to the intellect, and a joy to the soul."
John Burroughs
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Truly, our greatest blessings are very cheap.
Henry David Thoreau
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