“Weep! Weep!” calls a toad from the water’s edge. And I do. If grief can be a doorway to love, then let us all weep for the world we are breaking apart so we can love it back to wholeness again.”
― Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
― Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
“The time has come for acts of reverence and restraint on behalf of the Earth. We have arrived at the Hour of Land.”
― The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks
― The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks
“Don’t be one way, Wishing for another, Only to arrive at the new way, Wishing for the first.”
― Wilderness, The Gateway To The Soul: Spiritual Enlightenment Through Wilderness
― Wilderness, The Gateway To The Soul: Spiritual Enlightenment Through Wilderness
“Over time, jealousy becomes an element as indispensable as paint in the life of the master artist.”
― My Name is Red
― My Name is Red
“If citizenship is a matter of shared beliefs, then I believe in the democracy of species. If citizenship means an oath of loyalty to a leader, then I choose the leader of the trees. If good citizens agree to uphold the laws of the nation, then I choose natural law, the law of reciprocity, of regeneration, of mutual flourishing.”
― Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
― Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
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