"There was a time when meadow, grove and stream,The earth and every common sight To me did seem Apparell’d in celestial light,The glory and the freshness of a dream.
It is not now as it had been of yore;Turn whereso’er I may,By night or day, the things which I have seen I now can see no more."
William Wordsworth

"Only by sharing our deeper thoughts and feelings do we communicateto, and inspire in others, a love And respect for the earth."
Joseph Bharat Cornell

"Plant the mango, plant the tamarind and the plantain:Clusters of fruit will weigh their boughs.Plant ten kachner trees for flowers.In a garden set the tulsi.
Water them unweariedly, but they will always wither.But the trees in the forest which depend on god alone,Never wither and die.The forest tree grows always."
A Gond folk song

Just yesterday, it seems the fields were full of grain Just yesterday, the watercame from heavenand the earth was not athirsty

But yesterday is five years gone and today is nought but rubble a wilderness of earth bakedbrown by the relentess desert sun.
Amit Jayaram (The Web of Life)

"Do not be blind to the marvels of Nature, One draught of Nature’s elixir is better than a dozen doses of any other drink.Incomparable is the joy that man finds in his world of a thousand wondersWhen he lives in communion with Nature.From Nature unto Nature’s God is the next clear step."
Thus spoke Zarathushtra

"This universe is the creation of Supreme Power meant for the benefit of all;Individual species must therefore learn to enjoy its benefits by forming a part of the system in close relationship with other species;let not the other species encroach upon the other’s right."
Translated from the Isavasya Upanishad