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The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment for the…
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Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to humanity, every year.
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Biophilia: the innate pleasure from living abundance and diversity as manifested by the human impulse to imitate Nature with gardens.
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Let us see how high we can fly before the sun melts the wax in our wings. About the ambitious pursuit of…
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Biophilia, if it exists, and I believe it exists, is the innately emotional affiliation of human beings to other living organisms.
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Known as the biosphere to scientists and as the creation to theologians, all of life together consists of a membrane around earth…
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No one knows the diversity in the world, not even to the nearest order of magnitude. ... We don't know for sure…
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The cutting of primeval forest and other disasters, fueled by the demands of growing human populations, are the overriding threat to biological…
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The worst thing that will probably happen-in fact is already well underway-is not energy depletion, economic collapse, conventional war, or the expansion…
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Overall, the human brain is the most complex object known in the universe - known, that is, to itself.
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The time has come to link ecology to economic and human development. When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree,…
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[The natural world cleans water, pollinates plants and provides pharmaceuticals, among many other gifts.] Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to…
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Life does not always give you what you want, but if you look closely you will see that it gives what you…
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Have the daring to stop doing the things you really don't want to do. Can you see them? Look closely. Can you…
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Let us have compassion for those under chastisement. Alas, who are we ourselves? Who am I and who are you? Whence do…
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Look closely at nature. Every species is a masterpiece, exquisitely adapted to the particular environment in which it has survived. Who are…
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You look closely enough, you'll find that everything has a weak spot where it can break, sooner or later.
— Anthony Hopkins
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My body is far from a wonderland. My body is more like a pawnshop. There's a lot of interesting things put together,…
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Look closely at the most embarrassing details, and amplify them,
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If you are not in the state of either acceptance, enjoyment, or enthusiasm, look closely and you will find that you are…
— Eckhart Tolle
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The eyes mirror the heart of a person. An entire life can be seen through them. Love, sorrow, deceit, pain. If you…
— Gail Tsukiyama
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If you look closely you'll find all my lovers inscribed on my skin.
— Jill Ciment
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An essential part of seeing clearly is finding the willingness to look closely and to go beyond our own ideas.
— Cheri Huber
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