God knows how many things a man misses by becoming smug and assuming that matters will take their own course.

Quote by Loren Eiseley

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Many of us who walk to and fro upon our usual tasks are prisoners drawing...

Many of us who walk to and fro upon our usual tasks are prisoners drawing...

It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the great...

It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the great...

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

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

Man is always marveling at what he has blown apart, never at what the universe...

Man is always marveling at what he has blown apart, never at what the universe...

Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.

Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.

Tomorrow lurks in us, the latency to be all that was not achieved before.

Tomorrow lurks in us, the latency to be all that was not achieved before.

One could not pluck a flower without troubling a star.

One could not pluck a flower without troubling a star.

Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we...

Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we...

One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than...

One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than...