It’s no longer a secret that Earth and it’s biological systems act as a huge single entity. And the most common name for this entity is Gaia. The way of seeing our planet as Gaia not just helps us to raise our awareness of ecological and environmental necessities and responsibilities but also inspires us to develop modes of thinking and acting that are holistic, systemic, connective, and participatory. Gaia helps us see the spirituality of the Earth and also to find new insights into the meaning of the divine to aid us in the emergence of a healthy and whole planetary culture. In this article, we have collected the most thought-provoking Gaia quotes that will inspire you to take a deeper look at our planet and some environmental and spiritual issues modern humanity is dealing with.
Here they are 30 thought-provoking Gaia quotes!
30 Thought-Provoking Gaia Quotes
#1
“Put your ears to the ground, to the sky, to the sun and the moon… tune in to Mother Earth’s sweet song. She has messages to say, knowledge to relay, inspiration to convey… there is much for you to learn. Your journey has just begun.”
― Melody Lee
#2
“Earth rejoices our words, breathing, and peaceful steps. Let every breath, every word, and every step make the Mother Earth proud of us.”
― Amit Ray
#3
“Unfortunately, modern man has become so focused on harnessing nature’s resources that he has forgotten how to learn from them. If you let them, however, the elements of nature will teach you as they have taught me.”
― Anasazi Foundation
#4
“We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do.”
— Barbara Ward
#5
“Native peoples do not look for salvation from worlds beyond. They need no alternate reality because the mortal world and the spirit world are the same. This Earth is heaven, hell, and purgatory; but most importantly, it is home. The greatest of spiritual mysteries may be revealed just beyond the front door, in the life of a community.”
― Israel Morrow
#6
“The basic pattern of life is a network. Whenever you see life, you see networks. The whole planet, what we can term ‘Gaia’ is a network of processes involving feedback tubes. Humans are part of the larger whole, Gaia.”
– Fritjof Capra
#7
“The greatest achievement ever accomplished in this universe is life on earth. Let’s take care of it.”
― Wald Wassermann
#8
“Life is a walking, a journey. So, if life upon Mother Earth is a journey, there are two ways to walk. We can choose to walk forward or we can choose to walk backward. Forward Walking choices are rewarded with consequences that light the way to peace, happiness, joy, comfort, knowledge, and wisdom. Backward Walking choices bring to the Two-Legged beings consequences of misery despair, and darkness.”
― Anasazi Foundation
#9
“I guess mother nature regrets giving this kind of complicated intelligence to our evolving species after what we have done to her. But fortunately, we are doing a great job killing ourselves.”
― Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi
#10
“Those of us who consider ourselves to be somehow involved in the birthing of a new age should discover Gaia as well. The idea of Gaia may facilitate the task of converting destructive human activities to constructive and cooperative behavior. It is an idea that deeply startles us, and in the process, may help us as a species to make the necessary jump to planetary awareness.”
– James Lovelock
#11
“Sometimes just being on a beach with my loved ones is all the adventure I need. I am a happy camper and continue to be a citizen of the world. I have yet to discover other cultures, other people’s dreams, and treasures. I will always be a traveler who is discovering beautiful Gaia.”
– Guy Laliberte
#12
“You are eating from, seeing outside through, stepping, sleeping on, wiping with, reading, tooth picking with, barbecuing trees. Don’t forget they let you breathe!”
― Suyasha Subedi
#13
“Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves. This we know: the earth does not belong to man – man belongs to the earth. This we know. All things are connected like the blood that unites one’s family. All things are connected.”
― Chief Seattle (Sealth), Suquamish Chief
#14
“Plant a seed of ‘Peace‘ and let Gaia take care of herself don’t try to fathom or comprehend her magnificence.”
― Syed Sharukh
#15
“The Earth sometimes rewards humans who do good works for the planet. Look out for unexpected windfalls of produce from the earth such as baskets of fruit or vegetables given to you unexpectedly, nature handcrafts, or a bunch of flowers picked from a beloved garden. These are all signs that the gifts not only came from the giver but from Mother Earth herself. – Fairy of the woods.”
― Sarah Rajkotwala
#16
“The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.”
— Barry Commoner
#17
“Our ancestors said to their mother Earth: ‘We are yours’. Modern Humanity said to Nature, ‘You are mine’. The Green Man has returned as the living face of the whole earth so that through his mouth we may say to the universe: ‘We are one’.”
― Sharon Brubaker
#18
“Certain animal species who burrow into the Earth for places of solace or safety, or who inhabit the sheltering arches of caves alongside the spirits of the rocks, are the bridgers between these inner and outer levels of reality. Rabbits, gophers, moles, prairie dogs, wolves, and bears in hibernation all remember and recreate their rootedness in Mother Earth.”
― Elizabeth Eiler
#19
“No man is as wise as Mother Earth. She has witnessed every human day, every human struggle, every human pain, and every human joy. For maladies of both body and spirit, the wise ones of old pointed man to the hills. For man too is of the dust and Mother Earth stands ready to nurture and heal her children.”
― Anasazi Foundation
#20
“Mother Earth, one of my absolute favorite places… where the sounds, the energy, the beauty, and the life pounds into your every fiber of being, letting you know that you are alive. I will always respect and honor this gift of creation that we call our home.”
― Peace Gypsy
#21
“In the Gaia theory air, water, and soil are major components of one central organism, planet Earth. What we typically think of as life – the plants and animals that inhabit the earth – has evolved merely to regulate the chemistry of the biosphere. Humans are insignificant participants, far less important to the life cycle than termites. Even the imbalance that we have created by adding massive quantities of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere may be brought back to acceptable levels by other organisms functioning in their capacity to correct excesses.”
– David Easton
#22
“Earth survived then; it will survive again.
The real question is “will we”?”
― Dr. Darius Singh
#23
“Knowledge is power and at the end of the day, our health, the health of our children, the health of our community, and the health of Mother Earth is our responsibility. Therefore, it is imperative that we understand the human and environmental affects of the products that we buy.”
― Obiora Embry
#24
“Sometimes we just have to stop and feel the pulse of the Earth, the rhythm of the seasons and the internal voice that was once our childhood friend.”
― Fennel Hudson
#25
“We have found that no modern prescriptions heal the human heart so fully or so well as the prescription of the Ancient Ones. “To the hills,” they would say. To which we would add, “To the trees, the valleys, and the streams, as well.” For there is a power in nature that man has ignored. And the result has been heartache and pain.”
― Anasazi Foundation
#26
“It’s not enough to simply learn about Nature anymore, we must learn from it.”
― Dr. Darius Singh
#27
“Time spent among trees is never time wasted.”
— Anonymous
#28
“What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on.”
— Henry David Thoreau
#29
“A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
#30
“You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
We hope you are inspired by these Gaia quotes as much as we are!