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title: "1 World Sacred Quotes By Robin Wall Kimmerer"
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> [“How, in our modern world, can we find our way to understand the earth as a gift again, to make our relations with the world sacred again?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-wall-kimmerer/how-in-our-modern-world-can-we-find-our-way-to-understand-the-earth/)

[Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-wall-kimmerer/)

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## More by Robin Wall Kimmerer

> [“We can't meaningfully proceed with healing, with restoration, without "re-story-ation".”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-wall-kimmerer/we-can-t-meaningfully-proceed-with-healing-with-restoration-without/)

[Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-wall-kimmerer/)

> [“In a culture of gratitude, everyone knows that gifts will follow the circle of reciprocity and flow back to you again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-wall-kimmerer/in-a-culture-of-gratitude-everyone-knows-that-gifts-will-follow-the/)

[Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-wall-kimmerer/)

> [“The prosperity of the community grows from the flow of relationships, not the accumulation of goods. When the natural world is understood as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-wall-kimmerer/the-prosperity-of-the-community-grows-from-the-flow-of-relationships/)

[Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-wall-kimmerer/)

> [“When we speak of these not as things or natural resources or commodities, but as gifts, our whole relationship to the natural world changes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-wall-kimmerer/when-we-speak-of-these-not-as-things-or-natural-resources-or/)

[Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-wall-kimmerer/)

> [“I think it is this that it is this that draws me to the pond on a night in April, bearing witness to puhpowee.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-wall-kimmerer/i-think-it-is-this-that-it-is-this-that-draws-me-to-the-pond-on-a/)

[Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-wall-kimmerer/)

> [“Infrared satellite imagery, optical telescopes, and the Hubbell space telescope bring vastness within our visual sphere. Electron microscopes let us wander the remote universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-wall-kimmerer/infrared-satellite-imagery-optical-telescopes-and-the-hubbell-space/)

[Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-wall-kimmerer/)

> [“What is it that brings me here to stand like a rock in this river of sound?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-wall-kimmerer/what-is-it-that-brings-me-here-to-stand-like-a-rock-in-this-river-of/)

[Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-wall-kimmerer/)

> [It's a sign of respect and connection to learn the name of someone else, a sign of disrespect to ignore it. And yet, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-wall-kimmerer/it-s-a-sign-of-respect-and-connection-to-learn-the-name-of-someone/)

[Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-wall-kimmerer/)

> [“If we allow the practice of restoration to become the exclusive domain of science, we will have lost its greatest promise, which is nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-wall-kimmerer/if-we-allow-the-practice-of-restoration-to-become-the-exclusive/)

[Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-wall-kimmerer/)

> [“Just as you can pick out the voice of a loved one in the tumult of a noisy room, or spot your child's smile…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-wall-kimmerer/just-as-you-can-pick-out-the-voice-of-a-loved-one-in-the-tumult-of-a/)

[Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-wall-kimmerer/)

> [What if you were a teacher but had no voice to speak your knowledge? What if you had no language at all and yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-wall-kimmerer/what-if-you-were-a-teacher-but-had-no-voice-to-speak-your-knowledge/)

[Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-wall-kimmerer/)

> [“Between takeoff and landing, we are each in suspended animation, a pause between chapters of our lives. When we stare out the window into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-wall-kimmerer/between-takeoff-and-landing-we-are-each-in-suspended-animation-a/)

[Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-wall-kimmerer/)

> [“How, in our modern world, can we find our way to understand the earth as a gift again, to make our relations with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-wall-kimmerer/how-in-our-modern-world-can-we-find-our-way-to-understand-the-earth/)

[Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-wall-kimmerer/)

> [“In Native ways of knowing, human people are often referred to as "the younger brothers of Creation". We say that humans have the least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-wall-kimmerer/in-native-ways-of-knowing-human-people-are-often-referred-to-as-the/)

[Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-wall-kimmerer/)

> [“Action on behalf of life transforms. Because the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal, it is not a question of first getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-wall-kimmerer/action-on-behalf-of-life-transforms-because-the-relationship-between/)

[Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-wall-kimmerer/)

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