Laurens Van Der Post Quotes

“Modern man has lost the sense of wonder
about the unknown and he treats it as
an enemy.”
― Laurens van der Post, Patterns of Renewal

“We have known for a long time that Prince Charles' empty sails are so rigged as to be swelled by any passing waft or breeze of crankiness and cant. He fell for the fake anthropologist Laurens van der Post. He was bowled over by the charms of homeopathic medicine. He has been believably reported as saying that plants do better if you talk to them in a soothing and encouraging way.”
― Christopher Hitchens

“Man is everywhere dangerously unaware of himself. We really know nothing about the nature of man, and unless we hurry to get to know ourselves we are in dangerous trouble.”
― Sir Laurens van der Post