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Barry Lopez Quotes

The opposite of love is not hate; it’s indifference. To be indifferent is to not express love Picture Quote #1

It is the imagination that gives shape to the universe Picture Quote #1

One of the great dreams of man must be to find some place between the extremes of nature and civilization where it is possible to live without regret Picture Quote #1

Have we come all this way, I wondered, only to be dismantled by our own technologies, to be betrayed by political connivance or the impersonal avarice of a corporation Picture Quote #1

Remember on this one thing, said Badger. The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive. That is why we put these stories in each other’s memories. This is how people care for themselves Picture Quote #1

You can’t learn anything from saguaro cactus, from ocotillo. They are just passing through; their roots, their much heralded dormancy in the dry season, these are only illusions of permanence. They know even less than you do Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive Picture Quote #1

The land urges us to come around to an understanding of ourselves Picture Quote #1

Real beauty is so deep you have to move into darkness to understand it Picture Quote #1

The gaze of the wolf reached into our soul Picture Quote #1

Theres so much to be afraid of Picture Quote #1

There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions Picture Quote #1

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The most intelligent thing we can do is love, not reason Picture Quote #1

The cold view to take of our future is that we are therefore headed for extinction in a universe of impersonal chemical, physical, and biological laws. A more productive, certainly more engaging view, is that we have the intelligence to grasp what is happening, the composure not to be intimidated by its complexity, and the courage to take steps that may bear no fruit in our lifetimes Picture Quote #1

Throughout the centuries we have projected on to the wolf the qualities we most despise and fear in ourselves Picture Quote #1

If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive Picture Quote #1

The land is like poetry: it is inexplicably coherent, it is transcendent in its meaning, and it has the power to elevate a consideration of human life Picture Quote #1

My function as a writer is to provide an atmosphere in which people can think wisely about what we’re doing on this planet Picture Quote #1

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My faith is in my colleagues. And when I meet other writers, journalists, who’ve been doing this for a long time, trying to make us aware of what it is that we’re living in, I put my faith in those people Picture Quote #1

When I sit at that typewriter, I have to be frightened of what I’m trying to do. I’m frightened by my own belief that I can actually get a story down on paper Picture Quote #1

When we enter the landscape to learn something, we are obligated, I think, to pay attention rather than constantly to pose questions. To approach the land as we would a person, by opening an intelligent conversation. And to stay in one place, to make of that one, long observation a fully dilated experience. We will always be rewarded if we give the land credit for more than we imagine, and if we imagine it as being more complex even than language. In these ways we begin, I think, to find a home, to sense how to fit a place Picture Quote #1

The land gets inside of us; and we must decide one way or another what this means, what we will do about it Picture Quote #1

In behaving respectfully toward all that the land contains, it is possible to imagine a stifling ignorance falling away from us Picture Quote #1

We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it Picture Quote #1

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Over the years, one comes to measure a place, too, not just for the beauty it may give, the balminess of its breezes, the insouciance and relaxation it encourages, the sublime pleasures it offers, but for what it teaches. The way in which it alters our perception of the human. It is not so much that you want to return to indifferent or difficult places, but that you want to not forget Picture Quote #1

If I were to offer any advice to young writers, it would be this: be discriminating and be discerning about the work you set for yourself. That done, be the untutored traveler, the eager reader, the enthusiastic listener. Put what you learn together carefully, and then write thoughtfully, with respect both for the reader and your sources Picture Quote #1

You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light Picture Quote #1

If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox Picture Quote #1

The land retains an identity of its own, still deeper and more subtle than we can know. Our obligation toward it then becomes simple: to approach with an uncalculating mind, with an attitude of regard... be alert for its openings, for that moment when something sacred reveals itself within the mundane, and you know the land knows you are there Picture Quote #1

You can’t learn anything from saguaro cactus, from ocotillo. They are just passing through; their roots, their much heralded dormancy in the dry season, these are only illusions of permanence. They know even less than you do Picture Quote #1

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The opposite of love is not hate; it’s indifference. To be indifferent is to not express love. (Barry Lopez Quotes) It is the imagination that gives shape to the universe (Barry Lopez Quotes) One of the great dreams of man must be to find some place between the extremes of nature and civilization where it is possible to live without regret (Barry Lopez Quotes) Have we come all this way, I wondered, only to be dismantled by our own technologies, to be betrayed by political connivance or the impersonal avarice of a corporation (Barry Lopez Quotes) Remember on this one thing, said Badger. The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive. That is why we put these stories in each other’s memories. This is how people care for themselves (Barry Lopez Quotes) You can’t learn anything from saguaro cactus, from ocotillo. They are just passing through; their roots, their much heralded dormancy in the dry season, these are only illusions of permanence. They know even less than you do. (Barry Lopez Quotes) Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive (Barry Lopez Quotes) The land urges us to come around to an understanding of ourselves (Barry Lopez Quotes) Real beauty is so deep you have to move into darkness to understand it (Barry Lopez Quotes) The gaze of the wolf reached into our soul (Barry Lopez Quotes) Theres so much to be afraid of (Barry Lopez Quotes) There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions (Barry Lopez Quotes) The most intelligent thing we can do is love, not reason (Barry Lopez Quotes) The cold view to take of our future is that we are therefore headed for extinction in a universe of impersonal chemical, physical, and biological laws. A more productive, certainly more engaging view, is that we have the intelligence to grasp what is happening, the composure not to be intimidated by its complexity, and the courage to take steps that may bear no fruit in our lifetimes (Barry Lopez Quotes) Throughout the centuries we have projected on to the wolf the qualities we most despise and fear in ourselves (Barry Lopez Quotes) If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive (Barry Lopez Quotes) The land is like poetry: it is inexplicably coherent, it is transcendent in its meaning, and it has the power to elevate a consideration of human life (Barry Lopez Quotes) My function as a writer is to provide an atmosphere in which people can think wisely about what we’re doing on this planet (Barry Lopez Quotes) My faith is in my colleagues. And when I meet other writers, journalists, who’ve been doing this for a long time, trying to make us aware of what it is that we’re living in, I put my faith in those people (Barry Lopez Quotes) When I sit at that typewriter, I have to be frightened of what I’m trying to do. I’m frightened by my own belief that I can actually get a story down on paper (Barry Lopez Quotes) When we enter the landscape to learn something, we are obligated, I think, to pay attention rather than constantly to pose questions. To approach the land as we would a person, by opening an intelligent conversation. And to stay in one place, to make of that one, long observation a fully dilated experience. We will always be rewarded if we give the land credit for more than we imagine, and if we imagine it as being more complex even than language. In these ways we begin, I think, to find a home, to sense how to fit a place (Barry Lopez Quotes) The land gets inside of us; and we must decide one way or another what this means, what we will do about it (Barry Lopez Quotes) In behaving respectfully toward all that the land contains, it is possible to imagine a stifling ignorance falling away from us (Barry Lopez Quotes) We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it (Barry Lopez Quotes) Over the years, one comes to measure a place, too, not just for the beauty it may give, the balminess of its breezes, the insouciance and relaxation it encourages, the sublime pleasures it offers, but for what it teaches. The way in which it alters our perception of the human. It is not so much that you want to return to indifferent or difficult places, but that you want to not forget (Barry Lopez Quotes) If I were to offer any advice to young writers, it would be this: be discriminating and be discerning about the work you set for yourself. That done, be the untutored traveler, the eager reader, the enthusiastic listener. Put what you learn together carefully, and then write thoughtfully, with respect both for the reader and your sources (Barry Lopez Quotes) You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light (Barry Lopez Quotes) If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox (Barry Lopez Quotes) The land retains an identity of its own, still deeper and more subtle than we can know. Our obligation toward it then becomes simple: to approach with an uncalculating mind, with an attitude of regard... be alert for its openings, for that moment when something sacred reveals itself within the mundane, and you know the land knows you are there (Barry Lopez Quotes) You can’t learn anything from saguaro cactus, from ocotillo. They are just passing through; their roots, their much heralded dormancy in the dry season, these are only illusions of permanence. They know even less than you do (Barry Lopez Quotes)

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