"A culture disconnected from wild nature becomes insane."

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Toby Hemenway

#Insane Quotes #Culture Quotes

“I fear we may live to see another revolution.”

Source : John Marshall (2005). “The Political and Economic Doctrines of John Marshall”, p.90, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
“The better I get, the more I realize how much better I can get.”
“We never know how strongly we cling to objects until they are taken away, and he who thinks htat he is attached to nothing, is frequently grandly mistaken, being bound to a thousand things, unknown to himself.”
“Only from chaos does order come. The angry Fates bring death where they will, when war is king, says Enlil, storm god of the armies, and the tip of his crown rends the clouds above their heads. "Wheresoever I rule, death comes shambling after. So it has always been, is, and will be."”
“I was minding my own business when something says to me, "you ought to blow trumpet." I have just been trying ever since.”
“When we speak of choice, what we mean is the ability to exercise control over ourselves and our environment. In order to choose, we must first perceive that control is possible.”
“To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind.”
“One of the things that I most believe in is the compose and wait philosophy of photography. Itâ€™s a very satisfying, almost spiritual way to photograph. Life isn'tâ€™ knocking you around, life isn't controlling you. You have picked your place, youâ€™ve picked your scene, youâ€™ve picked your light, youâ€™ve done all the decision making and you are waiting for the moment to come to you.”

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