One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human.
Loren EiseleyEach man deciphers from the ancient alphabets of nature only those secrets that his own deeps possess the power to endow with meaning.
Loren EiseleyThe creature called man has a strange history. He is not of one piece, nor was he born of a single moment in time. His elementary substance is stardust almost as old as the universe.
Loren EiseleyMan would not be man if his dreams did not exceed his grasp... If I remember the sunflower forest it is because from its hidden reaches man arose. The green world is his sacred center. In moments of sanity he must still seek refuge there.
Loren EiseleyAnimals are molded by natural forces they do not comprehend. To their minds there is no past and no future. There is only the everlasting present of a single generation, its trails in the forest, its hidden pathways in the the air and in the sea. There is nothing in the Universe more alone than Man. He has entered into the strange world of history.
Loren Eiseley