Why should the peculiarities of human consciousness be the narrow standard by which other creatures are judged?
Gary SnyderDoom scenarios, even though they might be true, are not politically or psychologically effective. The first step . . . is to make us love the world rather than to make us fear for the end of the world.
Gary SnyderThe mercy of the West has been social revolution; the mercy of the East has been individual insight into the basic self/void.
Gary SnyderBeing the Stream Meditation is not just a rest or retreat from the turmoil of the stream or the impurity of the world. It is a way of being the stream, so that one can be at home in both the white water and the eddies. Meditation may take one out of the world, but it also puts one totally into it.
Gary Snyder