"We simply do not understand our place in……" — Barry Lopez

We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have… - Barry Lopez

"We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it."

— Barry Lopez

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47 Quotes by Barry Lopez

Barry Lopez has 47 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

You can't learn anything from saguaro cactus, from ocotillo. They are just passing through; their roots, their much heralded dormancy…
The land retains an identity of its own, still deeper and more subtle than we can know. Our obligation toward…
If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the…
One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse.
There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions.
You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.
It is the imagination that gives shape to the universe.
If I were to offer any advice to young writers, it would be this: be discriminating and be discerning about…
The writer works on the inside and the critic works on the outside. I don't know what it looks like…
Over the years, one comes to measure a place, too, not just for the beauty it may give, the balminess…
Watching the animals come and go, and feeling the land swell up to meet them and then feeling it grow…
We cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the…

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More Admit Quotes

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The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that. — J. J. Abrams
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. — Diane Ackerman
I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not. — Lester Bangs
We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to… — Dave Barry
I have not heard people in the Republican Party yet admit that they have a problem. And when they do… — Glenn Beck
At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took… — Kate Beckinsale
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors. — Ludwig van Beethoven
Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better… — Erma Bombeck
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Sadly, I do my homework. I've a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United… — Bono
I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks. — Daniel Boone

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