Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/comments/kx5ay2/snow_feathers_atlas_mountains_morocco_7018x6842oc/ The past does not exist. The future has not begun. The present is an infinitely small point in time in which the already nonexistent past meets the imminent future. At this point, which is timeless, a person’s real life exists. “Time passes by!” we say. Time does not exist; only we move. —After …
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/comments/kx8o2i/valley_of_desolation_eastern_cape_south_africa/ The understanding of the fraternity and equality of all people becomes more and more popular among mankind. Do we understand our spiritual fraternity? Do we understand that we originated from one divine Father whose image we carry in ourselves and for whose perfection we strive? Have we accepted that there is the same …
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/comments/kwckev/a_place_straight_out_of_tomb_raider_or_indiana/ As long as there is violence, there will be war. One cannot defeat violence with more violence, only with nonresistance to and nonparticipation in it. —LETURNO If my soldiers started thinking, not a single soldier would remain in my army. —FREDERICK II The wild instinct of military murder has developed in humanity over …
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/comments/kx5ysm/rio_grande_santa_elena_canyon_big_bend_national/ Science is vitally important when it is harnessed to reveal the law of human life. In order to accept the importance of science, we must prove that this activity is useful. Scientists usually demonstrate that they are doing something and that maybe sometime, someday, this could be useful for people in the future. …
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/comments/kwkfn4/morning_fog_on_spruce_knob_wv_5184x3456_oc/ All that we see and know does not exist in reality, because it is the product of our limited ability to understand reality. Instead of saying that the world is reflected in our intellect, better to say that our intellect is reflected in the world. —GEORGE LICHTENBERG Old fortresses are destroyed, monuments to …
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/comments/kx8gfw/sunrise_at_the_bottom_of_the_grand_canyon_usa/ Childhood is the period in which underlying convictions are formed. Therefore, the most important part of education is the selection of the things of which a child should be convinced. Talking and reasoning does not even have one thousandth the influence a true example has. All lessons about how to behave are worthless …
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/comments/kx8smc/congro_lagoon_s%C3%A3o_miguel_island_azores_portugal/ Kindness and virtue come from the heart, and should be performed without thought for the opinion of others, or of future rewards. Virtue and charity start at home. If you have to go somewhere to display it, then it is not virtue. Assistance given to the poor by the rich is too often …
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/comments/kwjx19/hazey_morning_at_moraine_lake_ab_oc3987x5388/ Starting from early childhood, as we age we feel the growth of our spiritual power and the diminution of our physical power. Older people who live spiritual lives ever widen their spiritual horizons, and ever expand their consciences. Older people who live only a daily routine become more and more stupid over the …
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/comments/kx9ghs/skurugata_sweden_oc4608x3456/ Wisdom is understanding how eternal truth can be applied to life. Socrates was the first who brought philosophy from heaven, distributed it among the people, and enticed them to study the science of life, human morals, and the consequences of good and evil. Science is seldom connected with wisdom. A scholarly person knows …
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/comments/kxaq0e/looking_west_from_on_top_of_colorados_front_range/ Nothing seems to check the notion that the way to improve civilization is affected by changing its outer forms. This notion is false, and draws the activity of too many people away from effort that truly can improve our lives. Civilization is first of all a moral thing. Without truth, respect for duty, …