O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Julius CaesarReferring to the church as a building is like referring to people as two-by-fours.
Jesus with Dirty Feet: A Down-To-Earth Look at Christianity for the Curious and SkepticalIf we surrendered to earth's intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.
Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God