The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit.

Sensitivity to nature is not an innate attribute of indigenous peoples. It is a consequence of adaptive choices that have resulted in the development of highly specialized peripheral skills. but those choices in turn spring from a comprehensive view of nature and the universe in which man and woman are perceived as but elements inextricably linked to the whole.

What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the wisdom of the elders, to anticipate the promise of the children. This tragic fate is indeed the plight of someone somewhere roughly every two weeks.

You know, once something freezes, it's solid. That's the key to the arctic - they didn't fear the cold, they made use of it.

Risk discomfort and solitude for understanding.

What is science but the pursuit of the truth? What is Buddhism but 2500 years of observation as to the nature of mind?

The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations.