Cindy Crosby > Quotes

“And by experiencing prairie---over the four seasons, and at various times of day, in all weathers---you develop a heightened sense of awe and wonder that will spill over into every other area of your life.”
― Cindy Crosby, The Tallgrass Prairie: An Introduction

“The world is a fascinating place. How could anyone be bored? Look around and there are a hundred amazing things to investigate.”
― Cindy Crosby, Chasing Dragonflies: A Natural, Cultural, and Personal History

“Prairies are like people. Each one has similar characteristics, but each one is also as unique as a snowflake. When we spend time on different prairies, we discover they all have their own quirks, individuality, and charm.”
― Cindy Crosby, The Tallgrass Prairie: An Introduction

“When you pay attention, you prop the door of your soul ajar to welcome the unexpected and the uncontrolled... . You can't access your interior landscape by banging down a closed door; you can pencil it in as an appointment on your calendar. Paying attention is a habit forming mind-set that comes with repetition and with intention. You give yourself permissiong to "do nothing." You create quiet spaces. You open a door.”
― Cindy Crosby, Chasing Dragonflies: A Natural, Cultural, and Personal History

“Dragonflies are an endless pleasure.”
― Cindy Crosby, Chasing Dragonflies: A Natural, Cultural, and Personal History

“Dragonflies say "mystery" to me.”
― Cindy Crosby, Chasing Dragonflies: A Natural, Cultural, and Personal History

“ALMOST all of the original tallgrass prairie has vanished. Lost to the plow, to development, and to---perhaps---a lack of imagination.”
― Cindy Crosby, Tallgrass Conversations: In Search of the Prairie Spirit

“Chasing dragonflies, like buying good books or eating gourmet food, can be curiously addicting.”
― Cindy Crosby, Chasing Dragonflies: A Natural, Cultural, and Personal History

“Although we think of restoration as a science, it's also about creativity. Prairie restoration begins with a vision. The dream of how the land might be healed, imagined in the mind of a steward or site manager.”
― Cindy Crosby, Tallgrass Conversations: In Search of the Prairie Spirit

“By sharing it with others, you help ensure that the tallgrass prairie continues to delight future generations. By growing in your knowledge of prairie, you develop a better understanding of the natural world. And by experiencing prairie---over the four seasons, and at various times of day, in all weathers---you develop a heightened sense of awe and wonder that will spill over into every other area of your life. Your adventure is only beginning.”
― Cindy Crosby, The Tallgrass Prairie: An Introduction

“Without imagination---without creativity---without courage---the best prairie restorations don't happen. The rewards don't always come in our lifetime... . We work, knowing we leave a legacy for those who will come after us. We think of them as we drip with sweat, freeze, or pull weeds...plant seeds.”
― Cindy Crosby, Tallgrass Conversations: In Search of the Prairie Spirit

“ORIGEN: God cannot be called wise in the way that human beings are wise, because a wise man merely has a share in wisdom, whereas God is its author and source. Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans.”
― Cindy Crosby, Ancient Christian Devotional: Lectionary Cycle B

“I'm inspired by how dragonflies are both tough and fragile; fierce and mild.”
― Cindy Crosby, Chasing Dragonflies: A Natural, Cultural, and Personal History

“By sharing it with others, you help ensure that the tallgrass prairie continues to delight future generations.”
― Cindy Crosby, The Tallgrass Prairie: An Introduction

“There are so many reasons to fall in love with dragonflies. They have intriguing stories to tell us. They make our world a more beautiful place. And they are scrappy survivors.”
― Cindy Crosby, Chasing Dragonflies: A Natural, Cultural, and Personal History

“Do not fall into despair because of stumbling. I do not mean that you should not feel contrition for your sins but that you should not think them incurable. For it is more expedient to be bruised than dead. There is, indeed, a Healer for the person who has stumbled, even he who on the cross asked that mercy be shown to his crucifiers, he who pardoned his murderer while he hung on the cross.... Christ came in behalf of sinners to heal the broken of heart and to bandage their wounds. "The”
― Cindy Crosby, Ancient Christian Devotional: Lectionary Cycle B

“Prairies take an investment of time.”
― Cindy Crosby, Tallgrass Conversations: In Search of the Prairie Spirit

“AUGUSTINE: People love truth when it shines on them and hate it when it rebukes them. For,”
― Cindy Crosby, Ancient Christian Devotional: Lectionary Cycle B

“When we commit to the easy way --- planting one kind of anything --- we gamble. It is simpler, isn't it, to know and promote only a few flowers or trees or grasses for our landscape? We know what they will look like, their requirements and habits. It's more comfortable. A no-brainer. But when we do, we lose the benefits of a vibrant, healthy landscape teeming with different trees, plants and their associated animals, birds, and insects. We lose diversity.”
― Cindy Crosby, Tallgrass Conversations: In Search of the Prairie Spirit

“An easy first step when you're trying to learn the name of a prairie plant is to discover what makes that plant unique or memorable for you.”
― Cindy Crosby, The Tallgrass Prairie: An Introduction

“Just like people and their names, part of getting to know the tallgrass prairie is learning the names of things. Most of us begin with the grasses and flowers.”
― Cindy Crosby, The Tallgrass Prairie: An Introduction

“AMBROSE: Do not rely on your own efforts but on the grace of Christ. "You are," says the apostle, "saved by grace. Therefore it is not a matter of arrogance here but faith when we celebrate: We are accepted! This is not pride but devotion." On the Sacraments 5.4.19.
Whether”
― Cindy Crosby, Ancient Christian Devotional: Lectionary Cycle B

“Since he rose we hope that we too shall rise. He himself has paid our debt. Then Paul explains more plainly how great the gift is: You are saved by grace. For it is not because of the excellence of our lives that we have been called but because of the love of our Savior. Epistle to the Ephesians 2.4-5.
Dare”
― Cindy Crosby, Ancient Christian Devotional: Lectionary Cycle B

“AMBROSE: For Christ alone walks in the souls and makes his path in the minds of his saints, in which, as on bases of gold and foundations of precious stone the heavenly Word has left his footprints ineffaceably impressed. On the Christian Faith 3.10.71-74.”
― Cindy Crosby, Ancient Christian Devotional: Lectionary Cycle B