“The perpetual stream of human nature is formed into ever-changing shallows, eddies, falls and pools by the land over which it passes. Perhaps the only real value of history lies in considering this endlessly varied play between the essence and the accidents.” HumansRealPlayLyingValuesFallLandHuman NatureEssenceAccidentsStreamsPoolPerpetualConsideringReal ValueHistory LiesValue Of History Book:The Mask of Apollo Source: The Mask of Apollo
“One of my recent acquisitions. It is called a medicine bag, from one of the native tribes of North America. A fascinating people, highly skilled in the use of plants' power. They too understand nature's essence as divine. So much so that they do not think it is man's place to own the land at all. Imagine that - think of all the wars we would have missed!” PeopleThinkingMenWarUseAmericaImagineLandDivineEssenceMedicinePlantNativeFascinatingBagsImagine ThatTribesAcquisitionNorth America Author:Maryrose Wood
“The essence of the problem is about consumption, recognizing that a society that consumes one-third of the world's resources is unsustainable. This level of consumption requires constant intervention into other people's lands. That's what's going on.” PeopleWorldProblemLevelsLandResourcesEssenceThirdsConstantEnvironmentalSustainabilityConsumptionRecognizingIntervention Author:Winona LaDuke
“Freedom is the kind of essence of being a pirate: You're away from land-locked Europe. You're not part of the society. You're part of the brotherhood of the sea, Your ship is your sense of identity. So when you approach the wheel, that's what you own.” KindSeaLandIdentityApproachEuropeEssenceShipsWheelsBrotherhoodLockedPirate Author:Geoffrey Rush
“The essence of war is insanity. Destruction, death, women widowed, children orphaned, lands plundered, property destroyed, lives decimated - it's all bad.” ChildrenWarLandDestructionEssencePropertyDestroyedInsanityWidowed Author:Gary Paulsen
“During that time period all of our tribes were suffering extremely from poverty and neglect. And the reason I say neglect is because the U.S. Government was neglecting its true responsibilities they agreed to in exchange for our land and resources. What I and others attempted to do, and in essence we did, was bring attention to our sovereign rights, the rights we had retained when the treaties were made.” MadeReasonGovernmentSufferingAttentionResponsibilityPovertyRightsLandPeriodsResourcesEssenceNeglectSovereignTribesTreatiesTime Periods Author:Leonard Peltier
“And just for a moment I had reached the point of ecstasy that I always wanted to reach, which was the complete step across chronological time into timeless shadows, and wonderment in the bleakness of the mortal realm, and the sensation of death kicking at my heels to move on, wiht a phantom dogging its own heels, and myself hurrying to a plank where all the angels dove off and flew into the holy void of uncreated emptiness, the potent and inconceivable radiancies shining in bright Mind Essence, innumerable lotus-lands falling open in the magic mothswarm of heaven. - Sal Paradise” MindMomentsWantedMovingFallHeavenStepsMagicLandHolyAngelShadowEssenceShiningMortalsRealmsParadiseEmptinessSensationsEcstasyVoidHeelsTimelessFlewKickingDovePhantomsHurryingLotusesBleakness Author:Jack Kerouac
“I'm not going to lay down in words the lure of this place. Every great writer in the land, from Faulkner to Twain to Rice to Ford, has tried to do it and fallen short. It is impossible to capture the essence, tolerance, and spirit of south Louisiana in words and to try is to roll down a road of clichés, bouncing over beignets and beads and brass bands and it just is what it is. It is home.” TryingHomeSpiritImpossibleLandBandEssenceLaysSouthToleranceFallenCaptureRiceGreat WritersLureLouisianaBrassBeadsBrass BandsBeignets Book:1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina Source: 1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina
“What can I do my friends, if I do not know? I am neither Christian nor Jew, nor Muslim nor Hindu. What can I do? What can I do? Not of the East, nor of the West, Nor of the land, nor of the sea, Not of nature's essence, nor of circling heavens. What could I be?” IfsKnowsChristianHeavenSeaLandMy FriendsEssenceWestJewEast Author:Rumi
“Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive.” WorldChanceAliveLandColdEssenceWinterDespiteHockeyCaptureNew WorldAffirmationChillNhlIce HockeyGreat HockeyCanada Being GreatHockey TeamFunny HockeyHockey CoachMotivational HockeyGreatest HockeyHockey FanInspirational Hockey Author:Stephen Leacock
“The settlement of the Land of Israel is the essence of Zionism. Without settlement, we will not fulfill Zionism. It's that simple.” SimpleLandEssenceIsraelTerrorismSettlementZionistZionismIsraeli Settlements Author:Yitzhak Shamir
“The true essence of reconciliation is more than making friends with nonindigenous people. Our motto is united Australia, one that respects the land and the heritage of its indigenous peoples and provides justice and equity for all. I think reconciliation is about changing the structures that govern us and trying to influence opinion leaders in whatever way we can.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingJusticeUnitedLeaderOpinionInfluenceLandEssenceStructureAustraliaHeritageMottoEquityIndigenousReconciliationIndigenous PeopleMaking FriendsOpinion Leaders Author:Jackie Huggins
“I am talking about societies drained of their essence, cultures trampled underfoot, institutions undermined, lands confiscated, religions smashed, magnificent artistic creations destroyed, extraordinary possibilities wiped out.” CultureTalkingLandCreationPossibilityEssenceInstitutionsExtraordinaryDestroyedArtisticMagnificentDrainedArtistic Creation Author:Aime Cesaire
“David Grossman may be the most gifted writer I've ever read. [To the End of the Land is] powerful, shattering, and unflinching. To read it is to have yourself taken apart, undone, touched at the place of your own essence.” MayEndsPowerfulTakenLandEssenceTouchedGiftedUndoneShatteringGifted Writers Author:Nicole Krauss