{"quotes":[{"text":"Unlike the primate hand, the elephant's grasping organ is also its nose. Elephants use their trunks not only to reach food but also to sniff and touch it. With their unparalleled sense of smell, the animals know exactly what they are going for. Vision is secondary.","author":"Frans de Waal","tags":["vision","elephant","animals "],"id":1469,"author_id":"Frans+de+Waal"},{"text":"Christians sometimes make themselves into elephants afraid of mice. You have the Creator of the universe on your side; not to mention, you've been given eternal life. 'Whom or what shall you fear?' To be afraid of anything other than God himself is like an insult to God.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["anxiety","apologetics","bravery","christ","christ-jesus","christian","christianity","courage","darkness","death","defensive","doubt","elephant","encouragement","eternal-life","evil","faith","faith-in-god","fear","fearlessness","funny","funny-but-true","god","goodness","humor","inspirational","irrational-fear","jesus","jesus-christ","life","light","love","martyr","motivational","mouse","negativity","obedience","offended","optimism","pessimism","positivity","power","pray","strength","trust","trust-in-god","universe","world","worry"],"id":4189,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Jules was a proud little toy. She decided that she was going to work very hard to be the best wolf she could be.","author":"Julie B. Campbell","tags":["being-yourself","elephant","self-confidence","wolf"],"id":5707,"author_id":"Julie+B.+Campbell"},{"text":"Most people know that forests are the lungs of our planet, literally playing a critical role in every breath we take. And that they're also home to incredible animals like the orangutan and elephant, which will go extinct if we keep cutting down their forests.","author":"Chris Noth","tags":["people","elephant","animals "],"id":21679,"author_id":"Chris+Noth"},{"text":"Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.","author":"John Donne","tags":["great","elephant","masterpiece "],"id":40970,"author_id":"John+Donne"},{"text":"To me, the word wisdom means ancient knowledge. It’s the kind of knowledge you not only see but feel when you look into the eyes of an elephant or stop for a moment to marvel at the deep wrinkles on its skin, both of which I believe contain the truths learned from each intentional step their feet and those of their ancestors have placed upon the earth.","author":"Molly Friedenfeld","tags":["ancestors","earth","elephant","eyes","feet","inspiration","inspirational","intentional-step","knowledge","sacred","skin","truth","wisdom","wrinkles"],"id":91897,"author_id":"Molly+Friedenfeld"},{"text":"Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we don't talk about, but how could it not affect the planet radically when it's the superstructure of human society.","author":"Ani DiFranco","tags":["elephant","human","talk "],"id":152812,"author_id":"Ani+DiFranco"},{"text":"His ego was as big as an elephant.","author":"Charmaine J. Forde","tags":["big","ego","elephant"],"id":160666,"author_id":"Charmaine+J.+Forde"},{"text":"You need to think about the month, you need to plan the day, you need to take your elephant and divide into pieces and eat a slice a day.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["calling","daily","division","eat","elephant","life","mission","month","need","pieces","plan","purpose","slice","think","thought"],"id":161469,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"There werethings, he said mournfully, that perhaps could never be told, only hehad lived so much alone that sometimes he forgot--he forgot. The lighthad destroyed the assurance which had inspired him in the distantshadows.","author":"Joseph Conrad","tags":["ambition","ancient","burden","elephant","grief","humpback-whale","man","old","out-brief-candle","sad","shadow-of-death"],"id":162399,"author_id":"Joseph+Conrad"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":26,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}