#Loren Eiseley

[explore-blog]

To the degree that we let others project upon us erroneous or unbalanced conceptions of our natures, we may unconsciously reshape our own image to less pleasing forms. It is one thing to be “realistic,” as many are fond of saying, about human nature. It is another thing entirely to let that consideration set limits to our spiritual aspirations or to precipitate us into cynicism and despair. 

Wonderful read.

[key-cat]

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.

この惑星に魔法があるのならば、それは水の中にある。

Loren Eiseley ローレン・アイズリー　

[julesofnature]

“If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.” ~ Loren Eiseley 

[antronaut]

Loren Eiseley

[cutiewithawakenedheart]

"I live and I endure,

grow in compassion."

----Loren Eiseley

[wehavewords]

“To have dragons one must have change; that is the first principle of dragon lore.”

Loren Eiseley, The Night Country

[wellconstructedsentences]

He who seeks naively to embrace his own time will accept its masks and illusions.

The Night Country by Loren Eiseley

[victusinveritas]

Loren Eiseley, THE FIRMAMENT OF TIME.

[rainy-smile-music]

[johnesimpson]

Seeing What We Want to See, Seeing What We Don't -- But Seeing, Regardless

Richard Feynman, Brenda Hillman, et al.: 'Seeing What We Want to See, Seeing What We Don’t -- But Seeing, Regardless'

[Image: “No Mowing (No Kidding),” by John E. Simpson. (Photo shared here under a Creative Commons License; for more information, see this page at RAMH.) I admit, I laughed when I saw this sign — planted, as it was, in the center of a large marshy area beside the path.] From whiskey river: One of the most impressive discoveries was the origin of the energy of the stars, that makes them continue…

[disceautdiscede]

We cling to a time and a place because without them man is lost, not only man but life. [...] It is as though all living creatures, and particularly the more intelligent, can survive only by fixing or transforming a bit of time into space or by securing a bit of space with its objects immortalized and made permanent in time.

-Loren Eiseley, The Brown Wasps

[vinylonly]

"I am what I am and cannot be otherwise because of the shadows."

Loren Eiseley, The Unexpected Universe, 1964

[key-cat]

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.

この惑星に魔法があるのならば、それは水の中にある。

Loren Eiseley ローレン・アイズリー

[honeysucklesilence]

we cannot pluck a flower without disturbing a star

loren eiseley

[cutiewithawakenedheart]

"Time and the world love change."

----Loren Eiseley

[wehavewords]

“I am what I am and cannot be otherwise because of the shadows.”

Loren Eiseley, The Unexpected Universe