This obedience to the voice of the Earth is more important for our future happiness... than the desires of the moment.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something, while to secure it in this world we must do something.
Of how much real happiness we cheat our souls by preferring a trifle to God! We have a general intention of living religion; but we intend to begin tomorrow or next year. The present moment we prefer giving to the world.
The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.
It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.
The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.
So to hope to be able to have peace, to be able to have justice and environmental balance, are consequences of our behavior, not just our intentions.
Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.
If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not from the world.
Obedience to God is the pathway to the life you really want to live.
Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.