A tree is a self: it is 'unseen shaping' more than it is leaves or bark, roots or cellulose or fruit ... What this means is that we must address trees as we must address all things, confronting them in the awareness that we are in the presence of numinous mystery.

All professions, all work, all activity in the human world finds its essential meaning in the context of a people's cosmic story.

The universe shivers with wonder in the depths of the human.

When humans find themselves surrounded by nothing but objects, the response is always one of loneliness.

A tree is a self: it is 'unseen shaping' more than it is leaves or bark, roots or cellulose or fruit ... What this means is that we must address trees as we must address all things, confronting them in the awareness that we are in the presence of numinous mystery.

The proper condition of the human is not bovine placidity... the highest degree of tension that can be creatively borne.

There is nothing more mysterious than destiny - of a person, of our species, of our planet, or of the universe itself.