“We began as mineral. We emerged into plant life, and into the animal state, and then into being human, and always we have forgotten our former states, except in early spring when we slightly recall being green again.” HumansStatesAnimalSpringGreenPlantForgottenFormerRecallsBeing HumanMineralsPlant LifeEarly Spring Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“We are a nation of physical animals who have forgotten how much we enjoy being that. We are cushioned by this kind of make-believe, unreal world and have no idea what we can survive because we are never challenged or tested.” WorldBelieveKindIdeasNationsEnjoyAnimalForgottenNo IdeaReal WorldTestedUnrealMake BelieveUnreal World Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“The history of the universe and nature is being told to us by the stars, by the Earth, by the uprising and elevation of the mountains, by the animals, the woods and jungles, and by the rivers. Our task is to know how to listen and interpret the messages that are sent to us. The original peoples knew how to read every movement of the clouds, the meaning of the winds, and they knew when violent downpours were coming... We have forgotten all that.” KnowsEarthUniverseStarsAnimalKnow HowMovementWindMountainMessagesRiversTasksOriginalsEnvironmentalForgottenCloudsWoodsViolentJungleStewardshipUprisingElevation Author:Leonardo Boff
“We shall have to share out the fruits of technology among the whole of mankind. The notion that the direct and immediate producers of the fruits of technology have a proprietary right to these fruits will have to be forgotten. After all, who is the producer? Man is a social animal, and the immediate producer has been helped to produce by the whole structure of society, beginning with his own education.” MenHas BeensWholeSocialAnimalTechnologyShareMankindProduceDirectStructureFruitNotionForgottenProducers Author:Arnold J. Toynbee
“In our own time, through integrative sciences like ecology and animal behavior and psychology we have re-understood what was forgotten during the reduction centuries of modern science. We've re-understood that the world is one thing, and it's a living thing. It's a thing with an intent and a spirit within it, and this is the key concept.” WorldSpiritAnimalPsychologyOne ThingModernCenturyKeysBehaviorUnderstoodConceptsForgottenEcologyLiving ThingsReductionModern ScienceAnimal Behavior Author:Terence McKenna