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> [The air they breathe, being a living element with both physical and psychical properties, carries a subtle vital energy. This in India is named by the Sanskrit word prana; in Tibet it is called sugs, in Aikido, Japan, ki, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-waters/the-air-they-breathe-being-a-living-element-with-both-physical-and/)

[Frank Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-waters/)

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## More by Frank Waters

> [The earth itself assures us it is a living entity. Deep below surface one can hear its slow pulse, feel its vibrant rhythm. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-waters/the-earth-itself-assures-us-it-is-a-living-entity-deep-below-surface/)

[Frank Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-waters/)

> [The air they breathe, being a living element with both physical and psychical properties, carries a subtle vital energy. This in India is named…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-waters/the-air-they-breathe-being-a-living-element-with-both-physical-and/)

[Frank Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-waters/)

> [The vast sage desert undulates with almost imperceptible tides like the oceans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-waters/the-vast-sage-desert-undulates-with-almost-imperceptible-tides-like/)

[Frank Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-waters/)

> [Time is not a linear flow, as we think it is, into past, present, and future. Time is an indivisible whole, a great pool…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-waters/time-is-not-a-linear-flow-as-we-think-it-is-into-past-present-and/)

[Frank Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-waters/)

> [The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But it's a joke, a blot on American history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-waters/the-whole-westward-expansion-myth-is-seen-as-romantic-but-it-s-a-joke/)

[Frank Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-waters/)

> [“...a resistless, inanimate world of nature to be used and refashioned at will by man in his magnificent and courageous folly to wrest a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-waters/a-resistless-inanimate-world-of-nature-to-be-used-and-refashioned-at/)

[Frank Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-waters/)

> [The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But its a joke, a blot on American history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-waters/the-whole-westward-expansion-myth-is-seen-as-romantic-but-its-a-joke/)

[Frank Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-waters/)

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