Earth Prayers Quotes

“Wherever you are is home
And the earth is a paradise
Wherever you set your feet is holy land...
You don't live off it like a parasite.
You line in it, and it in you,Or you don't survive.
And that is the only worship of God there is.

by Wilfred Pelletier and Ted Poole”
― Elizabeth Roberts, Earth Prayers: 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations from Around the World

“Let the trees be consulted before you take any action every time you breathe in thank a tree let treeroots crack parking lots at the world bank headquarters let loggers be druids specially trained and rewarded to sacrifice trees at auspicious times let carpenters be master artisans let lumber be treasured like gold let chainsaws be played like saxophones let soldiers on maneuvers plant trees give police and criminals a shovel and a thousand seedlings let businessmen carry pocketfuls of acorns let newlyweds honeymoon in the woods walk don’t drive stop reading newspapers stop writing poetry squat under a tree and tell stories JOHN WRIGHT”
― Elizabeth Roberts, Earth Prayers: 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations from Around the World