Friday, December 6, 2013

Are humans so afraid of their weaknesses that they cannot tolerate greatness nor intelligence in other beings?







Mahatma Gandhi had much to say about man and the environment. I'm sure he would be appalled at the way we treat other living things in our 'enlightened' world.



"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
                                                              Mahatma Gandhi







"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean: if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

                                                                                                    Mahatma Gandhi









"A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes."

                                                                 Mahatma Gandhi









"Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth."

                                                            Mahatma Gandhi









"It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings."

                                                                Mahatma Gandhi




 





"Where there is love there is life."
                                                                  Mahatma Gandhi

To see some of the other things Gandhi had to say about nature, check out other posts in this blog.





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Friday, October 4, 2013

Mahatma Gandhi was one of the world's great leaders. Surprisingly, he had much to say that applies to how man fits into his environment.






There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts.
                                                     Mahatma Gandhi
                                                                                                                  




Butchering a Blue Whale on a whaling ship.


When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of a creator.

                                                      Mahatma Gandhi


 The Andaman Sea provides incredible sunsets almost every night



Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

                                                       Mahatma Gandhi


The clearing of rainforest for oil palm plantations has removed nearly half of this 10,000,000 year old ecosystem


The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
                                                   Mahatma Gandhi
 
 Whale sharks are the largest fish to swim in the world's oceans. This one was killed only for its fins and the shark fin soup they will provide at an Asian party



 The good man is the friend of all living things.

                                                  Mahatma Gandhi


 A crinoid or feather star on a coral reef



There is sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.

                                                  Mahatma Gandhi


 Reef fish (Lutjanids)schooling over beds of coral




There is more to life than increasing its speed.

                                                                              Mahatma Gandhi
  
A close-up view of a slow moving sea urchin's skin reveals a world of miniature structures of incredible beauty









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