“To experience biophilia is to love a diversity that, as limitless as it is fragile, both haunts us and fills us with… — Adam Leith Gollner Biophilia Copy Share Image
“The finest peculiarity of belief is that believers do not recognize themselves as believers.” — Adam Leith Gollner Belief 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… — Adam Leith Gollner Evolution Copy Share Image
“Progress has not brought about universal happiness...” — Adam Leith Gollner Happiness 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.… — Adam Leith Gollner 358 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… — Adam Leith Gollner Longing 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 Evolution 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 Biophilia 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.… — Adam Leith Gollner Birth defects 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… — Adam Leith Gollner 358 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… — Adam Leith Gollner Joy 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 Fruit Copy Share Image
“Having commodified nature, we're eating the shrapnel of a worldwide homogeneity bomb.” — Adam Leith Gollner Food Copy Share Image
