In the West we cling to the past like limpets. In Haiti the present is the axis of all life. As in Africa, past and future are but distant measures of the present, and memories are as meaningless as promises. — Wade Davis Copy Share Image
“Even now I am haunted by the touching look of the young, bright, anxious eyes as we passed along the rows of sufferers. There,… — Wade Davis Copy Share
Its haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction. — Wade Davis Copy Share
We accept it as normal that people who have never been on the land, who have no history or connection to the country, may… — Wade Davis Copy Share
The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations. — Wade Davis Copy Share
Genocide, the physical extinction of a people, is universally condemned, but ethnocide, the destruction of people's way of life, is not only not condemned,… — Wade Davis Copy Share
“What is even more astonishing is that the entire science of wayfinding is based on dead reckoning. You only know where you are by… — Wade Davis Copy Share
“Marsh had travelled on foot to the source of the Nile and once stood down a charging rhinoceros by intrepidly opening a pink umbrella… — Wade Davis Copy Share
The world can only appear monochromatic to those who persist in interpreting what they experience through the lens of a single cultural paradigm, their… — Wade Davis Copy Share
Sensitivity to nature is not an innate attribute of indigenous peoples. It is a consequence of adaptive choices that have resulted in the development… — Wade Davis Copy Share
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. — Wade Davis Copy Share
“These other cultures are not failed attempts to be us; they are unique manifestations of the spirit—other options, other visions of life itself.” — Wade Davis Copy Share
The problem is that those of us sympathetic with the plight of indigenous people view them as quaint and colorful, but somehow reduced to… — Wade Davis Copy Share
