All cultures through all time have constantly been engaged in a dance with new possibilities for life. Change is the one constant in human history.
Wade DavisYou 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.
Wade DavisWhat is science but the pursuit of the truth? What is Buddhism but 2500 years of observation as to the nature of mind?
Wade DavisThe surface of the Earth itself is an immense loom upon which the sun weaves the fabric of existence.
Wade DavisCultural survival is not about preservation, sequestering indigenous peoples in enclaves like some sort of zoological specimens. Change itself does note destroy a culture. All societies are constantly evolving. Indeed a culture survives when it has enough confidence in its past and enough say in its future to maintain its spirit and essence through all the changes it will inevitably undergo.
Wade Davis