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A few years ago I ran across a copy of my favorite Dr. Seuss book, The
Lorax , in someone's .plan, and I saved a copy of it here.
Somebody from the album Some Great Reward by Depeche Mode. I've always felt exactly what this song says so beautifully. It's only the last four lines that I don't agree with completely.
Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin. I think the world could be a better place if every parent could really take the message of this song to hart. I promise to try when I'm one.
Ko·yaa·nis·qatsi (from the Hopi language): n. 1. crazy life. 2. life in turmoil. 3. life disintegrating. 4. life out of balance. 5. a state of life that calls for another way of living.Translations of the Hopi Prophecies sung in the film:
If we dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster. Near the Day of Purification, there will be cobwebs spun back and forth in the sky.
A container of ashes might one day be thrown from the sky, which could burn the land and boil the oceans.
A few years ago I ran across a copy of my favorite Dr. Seuss book, The
Lorax , in someone's .plan, and I saved a copy of it here.
A quote from Sigmund Jahn, Cosmonaut of the German Democratic Republic, taken from The Home Planet conceived and edited by Kevin W. Kelley--
Bereits vor meinem Flug wusste ich, dass unser Planet klein und verwundbar ist. Doch erst als ich ihn in seiner unsagbaren Schonheit und Zartheit aus dem Weltraum sah, wurde mir klar, dass der Menschheit wichtigste Aufgabe ist, ihn fur zukunftige Generationen zu huten und zu bewahren.and translated to English it reads--
Before I flew I was already aware of how small and vulnerable our planet is; but only when I saw it from space, in all its ineffable beauty and fragility, did I realize that humankind's most urgent task is to cherish and preserve it for future generations.