We think we are unique, special and deserving of happiness, but we are terrified of being alone. — Sara Maitland Copy Share Image
Natural history is not taught in seminary. This is curious, as most people in pastoral ministry are about 567 times more likely to be… — Sara Maitland Copy Share
Being alone in our present society raises an important question about identity and well-being. — Sara Maitland Copy Share
“Now fairy stories are at risk too, like the forests. Padraic Column has suggested that artificial lighting dealt them a mortal wound: when people… — Sara Maitland Copy Share
“The whole tradition of [oral] story telling is endangered by modern technology. Although telling stories is a very fundamental human attribute, to the extent… — Sara Maitland Copy Share
“Forests to the [early] Northern European peoples were dangerous and generous, domestic and wild, beautiful and terrible. And the forests were the terrain out… — Sara Maitland Copy Share
My father taught me to be independent and cocky and free thinking, but he could not stand it if I disagreed with him. — Sara Maitland Copy Share
“I believe that the great stretches of forests in northern Europe, with their constant seasonal changes, their restricted views, their astonish biological diversity, their… — Sara Maitland Copy Share
Of course we also live in a world of great beauty, sacrificial and passionate love, tenderness, prosperity, courage and joy. But quite a lot… — Sara Maitland Copy Share
“Remember that it is good for children to be bored sometimes. Children who are not continually provided with stimuli develop more active imaginations, a… — Sara Maitland Copy Share
[Georg Cantor was the first to prove that there could be a series of infinities; that infinities come in an infinite number of sizes.]… — Sara Maitland Copy Share
If you tell people enough times that they are unhappy, incomplete, possibly insane and definitely selfish there is bound to come a grey morning… — Sara Maitland Copy Share
“We know that solitude is almost a necessity for creativity and the development of a genuinely and richly autonomous sense of identity.” — Sara Maitland Copy Share
Wilberforce did not believe in either evolution or extinction. Owen believed in extinction but not evolution. Lamarck believed in evolution but not extinction. Darwin… — Sara Maitland Copy Share
We think we are unique, special and deserving of happiness, but we are terrified of being alone. — Sara Maitland Copy Share
