All Quotes

"In this art of poetry, those who speak ill of Teika should be denied the protection of the gods and Buddhas and condemned to the punishments of hell."

"The annals of Japanese literary history abound with stories of suffering literati. [...] None of these, however, seems to have borne more grief than the Zen monk Shotetsu (1381-1459), [...] For Shotetsu was not once but thrice stricken: first, by the loss of all of the poems of his first thirty years—more than 30,000 of them—in a fire that destroyed his residence in 1432, at the age of fifty-two; second, by the confiscation of his estate revenues by an angry shogun at around the same time; and lastly by the refusal of his rivals to allow him any representation whatsoever in the only imperially commissioned poetic anthology of his time, the Shin shokuko-kinshū of 1439."

"Multiply the arc by the square of the arc, and take the result of repeating that [any number of times]. Divide [each of the above numerators] by the squares of successive even numbers increased by that number [lit. the root] and multiplied by the square of the radius. Place the arc and the successive results so obtained one below the other, and subtract each from the one above. These together give the jı̄vā, as collected together in the verse beginning with “vidvān” etc."

"This is as I have said in my Arithmetic:—The area of a circle is equal to the product of the circumference by one-fourth of the diameter [πr²]. That result multiplied by 4 gives the surface of the sphere [4πr²], which is like the net surrounding a hand ball; the same (surface of a sphere) when multiplied by the diameter and divided by six [4/3πr³] becomes invariably the volume of the sphere."

"A sphere is a solid figure described by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter, which remains fixed.The axis of a sphere is the fixed straight line about which the semicircle revolves.The centre of a sphere is the same with that of the semicircle.The diameter of a sphere is any straight line which passes through the centre, and is terminated both ways by the superficies of the sphere."

"The comprises the most biodiverse region in the world, but, despite being highly threatened by human-induced s, little is known about how those changes influence the remaining forest’s extent and configuration in Brazil’s arc of . We analysed the spatial and temporal dynamics and the configuration of forest cover in Brazil’s state of over 34 years. We calculated seven landscape metrics based on freely available satellite imagery to understand the habitat transformations. Overall, natural vegetation cover declined from 90.9% to 62.7% between 1986 and 2020, and fragmentation greatly increased, generating 78,000 forest fragments and 100,000 fragments of ‘natural vegetation’, which also includes forest."

"Forests clean the air, filter water, control and support biodiversity (Acharya et al., 2019; Aznar-Sánchez et al., 2018). In addition, many forests are spiritual and cultural sites, enriching the lives of people in surrounding communities and offering opportunities for aesthetic enjoyment, relaxation and recreation (Brauman et al., 2020). Forests also play a significant role in influencing localised temperatures and rainfall (Leite-Filho et al., 2021; Schwaab et al., 2021). In 2020, total forest carbon stocks were estimated to be 662 million s, averaging 163 t per (, 2020). Between 1990 and 2020, global forest carbon stocks declined; however, forest carbon stocks per hectare increased owing to improved (FAO, 2020). Human activities, including deforestation and unsustainable practices, in particular, have greatly impacted forest ecosystems (Lambin and Meyfroidt, 2010). Between 1990 and 2020, 420 million hectares of forest were lost to other land uses. Despite a slowing deforestation rate, forests continued to decline at an annual rate of 0.25 % between 2015 and 2020 (FAO, 2020). Halting deforestation and forest degradation is crucial for addressing climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, desertification, and threats to human health (Rametsteiner et al., 2022). Forests also play a crucial role in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), mitigating climate change, and enhancing human well-being and economic prosperity (Rametsteiner et al., 2022). Forest governance, therefore, includes the restoration of degraded forests, expanding forest cover, upgrading forest quality, increasing sustainable use and building green value chains to help meet future demands for materials and ecosystem services and to support greener, circular economies."

"In the 1920s about 60 percent of Haiti still had forest cover. In the 1980s it was estimated that between 1 and 4 percent of Haiti still had forest cover."

"It was not the judges in the trials, but the voters at the polls who brought down the party system of the First Republic, which had been discredited, and forced the ruling class to change, at least in appearance, the political landscape."

"[In 1989] The first Italian republic has just celebrated its fortieth anniversary. That's not very long, but two generations have already lived with it. As the marriage vow says, Italians have shared its fortunes, for better or for worse. Worn out, reviled, mistreated, mocked, given up for dead a thousand times, our first republic reveals an unpredictable capacity for recovery and an unexpected vitality."

"Since the end of the First Republic, new ideas and people to carry them forward should have emerged. Instead [...] a great void was created and figures appeared on the political scene more for themselves than for anything else, starting with me."

"When asked by a journalist who the great politician was, Khrushchev, who was one in his own way, replied: “The one who promises to build bridges even where there are no rivers.” The First Republic had plenty of great politicians. Just look at the bridges built where there are not even streams or brooks."

"In the First Republic, there were more protagonists and more debate; today, there is only one party leader and his position."

"In light of what is happening in our country, we should regret not only the First Republic but also the Second."

"Let's not insult the First Republic; there is nothing else like it."

"The First Republic tried to use cutlery at the table. These people eat with their hands and burp with satisfaction."

"– Onorevole Berlinguer, Saragat ha dichiarato che con Moro è morta la Prima Repubblica. Lei che ne pensa?"

"When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. So his attendants said to him, “Let us look for a young virgin to serve the king and take care of him. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm.”"

"And Achan answered Joshua and said, “Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and this is what I have done: When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. And there they are, hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver under it.”"

"So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and there it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver under it. And they took them from the midst of the tent, brought them to Joshua and to all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the Lord. Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the garment, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that he had, and they brought them to the Valley of Achor."

"Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? And that man did not perish alone in his iniquity.’ ”"

"All social schemes based on the assumption that man's good lies in the natural order alone must fail. The brotherhood of man is a dream unless it be founded in the Fatherhood of God. In the Christian dispensation in which we live the natural order cannot stand without the support of the supernatural order."

"I desire, if by any possibility I should become a priest, to be a missionary, and if I am a missionary to be a martyr."

"Persecution is upon us; it will be terrible; we will pass through torrents of blood."

"France must have the blood of the pure to raise her again; which one of us indeed, is worthy to offer his life, and what a joy, should we be chosen."

"As our race has advanced in civilization, owing its progress to a more and more rigid division of labor, with the attendant and ever increasing specialization by which each piece of the great machine does its work more perfectly, yet more and more completely loses its direct touch with all but a few of the other parts, most men have lost much of what was at first common to all; and this, perhaps, quite as true as of a knowledge of plants as of anything else."

"The development of any department of science is closely connected with its power of interesting men."

"The pathway I marked when last year I made my way into Yoshino— I abandon now to visit blossoms I have not yet seen."

"Even a person free of passion would be moved to sadness: autumn evening in a marsh where snipes fly up."

"Let me not spend my life lamenting the world’s sorrows for above in the wide sky the moon shines pure"

"That spring long ago at Naniwa in Tsu— was it all a dream? Now only dead leaves on the reeds rustle in the passing wind."

"What's to be done? I thought I was past caring for the spring but my frozen water pipe has made me long for it again"

"How I delight in this well-timed snow that buries the mountain path behind me as I enter intent on long seclusion"

"That one back home whom I promised to think about when I saw the moon: on this night perhaps she too will be soaking her sleeves with tears."

"This is what I want: to die in the springtime, beneath the blossoms— midway through the Second Month, when the moon is at the full."

"In a dream I saw the winds of spring scattering the cherry blossoms— and after I woke, the sound was still rustling in my breast."

"The cherries' only fault: the crowds that gather when they bloom."

"It creates a heart even in those among us who think of themselves as indifferent to all things— the world. this first wind of autumn."

"If not for solitude, how dismal my life would be!"

"風になびく 富士の煙の 空にきえて ゆくへも知らぬ わが思ひかな kaze ni nabiku fuji no keburi no sora ni kiete yukue mo shiranu waga omoi kana"

"The poet Saigyo Would have written a poem Even for the woman Washing potatoes."

"The fact that Saigyō composed the poem that begins, "I shall be unhappy without loneliness," shows that he made loneliness his master. He also wrote: In the mountain village who are you calling, yobuko-bird? I thought you lived alone."

"Truly fine poetry sits uncomfortably under any label. Yet, as long as qualifiers do not overwhelm what is universal in the poetry to which they have been attached, they can have value. To forbid any reference to Dante or Milton as "Christian poets" would be to deny something of central importance in the sensibilities and writing of both men. And in a similar fashion we may refer to Saigyo as Japan's foremost "Buddhist" poet—and do so without short-changing what is universal in his verse."

"Though I’m not actively flying, I am still committed to championing women and diversity within aviation and beyond – encouraging others to take up much-deserved space in their respective fields.”"

"My passion for the environment started in my childhood garden. There’s something profoundly grounding about working with the earth, seeing life bloom from the soil. It’s a reminder of our connection to nature and our responsibility to protect it."

"As more people adopt these practices, the collective effort can significantly reduce waste, enhance biodiversity, and contribute to a healthier planet."

"Remember, it’s about progress, not perfection. So sip your coffee guilt-free, savor the pasta, and let’s embark on this adventure together, knowing that every little effort counts."

"The inglorious toils of compilation seldom excite the gratitude of readers, who only require to be amused, and are indifferent as to what has passed behind the scenes in the preparation of their entertainment; but we feel an honest satisfaction in the reflection, that our tedious chase through the jungles of forgotten literature must procure to this undertaking the good-will of our countrywomen. In the course of future centuries, new Anthologies will be formed, more interesting and more exquisite than our own, because the human mind, and, above all the female mind, is making a rapid advance; but our work will never be deprived of the happy distinction of being one of the first that has been entirely consecrated to women."

"Where so ever ye fare by fryth or by fell: My dere chylde take hede how Trystam doo you tell. How many manere bestys of venery there were: Lysten to your dame and she shall you lere. Four manere of bestis of venere there are: The fyrste of theym is the harte: the seconde is the hare: The boore is one of tho: the wulfe and not one mo."

"And where that ye come in playne or in place: I shall you tell whyche ben bestys of en chace: One of theym is the bucke: a nother is the doo: The foxe and the marteron: and the wylde roo: And ye shall my dere chylde other bestys all: Where so ye theym fynde Rascall ye shall them call."