“Of all the wars that have taken place wince then, none has endured so long as the conflict between knowledge and belief. For centuries now, knowledge has attempted, unsuccessfully, to supersede belief. But the entire clash stems from a misapprehension… — Adam Leith Gollner Copy Share Image
“To experience biophilia is to love a diversity that, as limitless as it is fragile, both haunts us and fills us with hope. ” — Adam Leith Gollner Copy Share Image
“The finest peculiarity of belief is that believers do not recognize themselves as believers.” — Adam Leith Gollner Copy Share Image
“The playwright Edward Albee has characterized [the suddenness of the appearance of fruits and flowers in evolutionary history] as 'that heartbreaking second when it… — Adam Leith Gollner Copy Share Image
“Of all the wars that have taken place wince then, none has endured so long as the conflict between knowledge and belief. For centuries… — Adam Leith Gollner Copy Share Image
“When we parted, on the Boulevard du Montparnasse, I leaned over to give her a kiss on the cheek. ‘If you do find paradise,’… — Adam Leith Gollner Copy Share Image
“...avacados, prickly pears and papayas used to be gulped down whole, seeds and all, by fridge-sized armadillos called glyptodonts.” — Adam Leith Gollner Copy Share Image
“Psychologist Erich Fromm coined the term ["biophilia"] in 1964 as a way of describing the innate attraction to processes of life and growth.” — Adam Leith Gollner Copy Share Image
“I can think of no sadder example of our food paradigm than two posters taped to the window of a California IHOP. One is… — Adam Leith Gollner Copy Share Image
“The twentieth century prided itself on invalidating the metaphysical. Doubts about the afterlife arose even as so-called nonbelievers attempted to locate surrogates for the… — Adam Leith Gollner Copy Share Image
“...I came across a Haida saying that had etched itself into my memory banks: 'Joy is a well-made object, equaled only to the joy… — Adam Leith Gollner Copy Share Image
“As Marshall McLuhan pointed out, we've become so removed from reality that we're starting to prefer artificiality.” — Adam Leith Gollner Copy Share Image