Man is always marveling at what he has blown apart, never at what the universe has put together, and this is his limitation.
Loren EiseleyIt has been said repeatedly that one can never, try as he will, get around to the front of the universe. Man is destined to see only its far side, to realize nature only in retreat.
Loren EiseleyFrom the solitude of the wood, (Man) has passed to the more dreadful solitude of the heart.
Loren EiseleyThe need is not really for more brains, the need is now for a gentler, a more tolerant people than those who won for us against the ice, the tiger and the bear. The hand that hefted the ax, out of some old blind allegiance to the past fondles the machine gun as lovingly. It is a habit man will have to break to survive, but the roots go very deep.
Loren Eiseley