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> [I have never understood the saying 'To think outside the box.' Why would anyone sit inside of a box and then think outside of it. Rather just get out of the box.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-anthony/i-have-never-understood-the-saying-to-think-outside-the-box-why-would/)

[Lawrence Anthony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-anthony/)

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## More by Lawrence Anthony

> [Workable solutions for Earth are urgently needed. Saving seals and tigers, or fighting yet another oil pipeline through a wilderness area, while laudable, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-anthony/workable-solutions-for-earth-are-urgently-needed-saving-seals-and/)

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> [They taught me that all life forms are important to each other in our common quest for happiness and survival. That there is more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-anthony/they-taught-me-that-all-life-forms-are-important-to-each-other-in-our/)

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> [ “But yet, but yet . . . the night he died, they \[the elephants\] were right there outside his house. And they came every… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-anthony/but-yet-but-yet-the-night-he-died-they-the-elephants-were-right-there/)

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> [Why do we so mindlessly abuse our planet, our only home? The answer to that lies in each of us. Therefore, we will strive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-anthony/why-do-we-so-mindlessly-abuse-our-planet-our-only-home-the-answer-to/)

[Lawrence Anthony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-anthony/)

> [“The children danced on. They were alive; that is all that mattered. They lived for the moment. They danced when they could, and died…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-anthony/the-children-danced-on-they-were-alive-that-is-all-that-mattered-they/)

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> [“We might be mad or stupid, but at least we were serious.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-anthony/we-might-be-mad-or-stupid-but-at-least-we-were-serious/)

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> [But perhaps the most important lesson I learned is that there are no walls between humans and the elephants except those that we put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-anthony/but-perhaps-the-most-important-lesson-i-learned-is-that-there-are-no/)

[Lawrence Anthony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-anthony/)

> [There is nothing more energizing than inhaling the tang of wilderness, loamy after rain, pungent with the richness of earth shuddering with life, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-anthony/there-is-nothing-more-energizing-than-inhaling-the-tang-of-wilderness/)

[Lawrence Anthony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-anthony/)

> [“The basic common denominator of all life is the urge to survive, and the survival of life on Planet Earth is achieved only as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-anthony/the-basic-common-denominator-of-all-life-is-the-urge-to-survive-and/)

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> [It is also vital that our relationship with nature and the environment be included in our education systems. This is not longer something cute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-anthony/it-is-also-vital-that-our-relationship-with-nature-and-the/)

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> [“We don't want you here living with us. You are white, and we do not trust you. You must take your family and go."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-anthony/we-don-t-want-you-here-living-with-us-you-are-white-and-we-do-not/)

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> [The only good cage is an empty cage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-anthony/the-only-good-cage-is-an-empty-cage/)

[Lawrence Anthony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-anthony/)

> [I have never understood the saying 'To think outside the box.' Why would anyone sit inside of a box and then think outside of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-anthony/i-have-never-understood-the-saying-to-think-outside-the-box-why-would/)

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> [Our inability to think beyond our own species, or to be able to co-habit with other life forms in what is patently a massive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-anthony/our-inability-to-think-beyond-our-own-species-or-to-be-able-to-co/)

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