“Over half the Earth's people live in cities, and they hardly ever see, feel or hear the natural world. Therefore our first duty should be to convince them that the real world is the living Earth and that they and their city lives are part of it and wholly dependent on it for their existence.”
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“Saying of the Prophet. The Bequest: I have nothing to leave you except my family.”
“Life is a business of making choices. History will define us the way we intend to author it.”
“Tell me about despair, yours, I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on.”
“If we are lucky, or careful, or daring, our lives are all about coming back to our senses.”