“It’s like an Irish family. They fight like hell among themselves. They want nothing to do with each other. But you throw a disaster at them, and they’re all shoulder to shoulder and they’ll do whatever it takes. They don’t… — Laurence Gonzales Copy Share Image
Bureaucracies force us to practice nonsense. And if you rehearse nonsense, you may one day find yourself the victim of it. — Laurence Gonzales Copy Share Image
“I cast myself across the land in search of enlightenment, and here is what I found: that matter and energy are one continuous flow.… — Laurence Gonzales Copy Share Image
“How, I wondered, can we wake up for this amazing journey that is so quickly ended? How can we experience the live performance of our own lives? To be in the moment is the ultimate act of redemption. To live with an unquenchable curiosity that sweeps away our mental models and makes everything new is the ultimate triumph we can… — Laurence Gonzales Copy Share
The word 'experienced' often refers to someone who's gotten away with doing the wrong thing more frequently than you have. — Laurence Gonzales Copy Share Image
We don't understand the power of nature and the world because we don't live with it. Our environment is designed to sustain us. We… — Laurence Gonzales Copy Share Image
The maddening thing for someone with a Western scientific turn of mind is that it’s not what’s in your pack that separates the quick… — Laurence Gonzales Copy Share Image
“What does brace mean, anyway? Brace. Such an odd word. It comes from the Latin brachium, meaning arm. It means, as its heart, to… — Laurence Gonzales Copy Share Image
Survival is the celebration of choosing life over death. We know we're going to die. We all die. But survival is saying: perhaps not… — Laurence Gonzales Copy Share Image
“With the illusion that we have dominion over the earth we conclude we have nothing to fear.” — Laurence Gonzales Copy Share Image
As you run out of options and energy you must become resigned to your plight. Like it or not you must make a new… — Laurence Gonzales Copy Share Image
