I know of no restorative of heart, body, and soul more effective against hopelessness than the restoration of the Earth.
BARRY LOPEZWe cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the world though. That is everyone’s calling, to lead a life that helps.
More Barry Lopez Quotes
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The most intelligent thing we can do is love, not reason.
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The attempt to close the gap between what is known and what IS, is the temptation behind the apple in Genesis.
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For so many centuries, the exchange of gifts has held us together. It has made it possible to bridge the abyss where language struggles.
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It is the imagination that gives shape to the universe.
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To put your hands in a river is to feel the chords that bind the earth together.
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We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it.
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The interior landscape responds to the character and subtlety of the exterior landscape; the shape of the individual mind is affected by the land as it is by genes.
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People think that if you’ve written a book and somebody’s given you a pat on the back then, you know, it’s all – you’re all settled, you know? You’re going to be fine. I know that if I’m not confused, and really afraid, my work isn’t going to be any good.
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The land gets inside of us; and we must decide one way or another what this means, what we will do about it.
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The land urges us to come around to an understanding of ourselves.
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real beauty is so deep you have to move into darkness to understand it.
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If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox.
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If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.
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The opposite of love is not hate; it’s indifference. To be indifferent is to not express love.
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One of the great dreams of man must be to find some place between the extremes of nature and civilization where it is possible to live without regret.
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