Robin Wall Kimmerer
"Philosophers call this state of isolation and disconnection species loneliness—a deep, unnamed sadness stemming from estrangement from the rest of Creation, from the loss of relationship. As our human dominance of the world has grown, we have become more isolated, more lonely when we can no longer call out to our neighbors. It’s no wonder that naming was the first job the Creator gave Nanabozho."
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"Philosophers call this state of isolation and disconnection species loneliness—a deep, unnamed sadness stemming from estrangement from the rest of Creation, from the loss of relationship. As our human dominance of the world has grown, we have become more isolated, more lonely when we can no longer call out to our neighbors. It’s no wonder that naming was the first job the Creator gave Nanabozho."
"يسمي الفلاسفة هذه الحالة من العزلة والانفصال "وحدة النوع البشري" – حزنًا عميقًا لا اسم له، ينبع من اغترابنا عن سائر المخلوقات، ومن فقدان الصلة. فكلما ازداد سلطاننا البشري على العالم، غدونا أكثر انعزالاً ووحدة، حينما لم نعد قادرين على مناداة جيراننا. لا عجب إذن أن التسمية كانت أول مهمة أوكلها الخالق إلى نانابوزو."
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
"Action on behalf of life transforms. Because the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal, it is not a question of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us."
"العمل في سبيل الحياة قوةٌ محوّلة. فالعلاقة بين الذات والعالم تبادلية، لذا ليس علينا أن ننتظر الاستنارة أو النجاة لنشرع في الفعل. فكلما عملنا على مداواة الأرض، داوتنا الأرض."
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
"The land knows you, even when you are lost."
"الأرض تعرفك، حتى حين تتيه."
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
"We have constructed an artifice, a Potemkin village of an ecosystem where we perpetrate the illusion that the things we consume have just fallen off the back of Santa’s sleigh, not been ripped from the earth. The illusion enables us to imagine that the only choices we have are between brands."
Robin Wall Kimmerer
"Names are the way we humans build relationship, not only with each other but with the living world."
Robin Wall Kimmerer
"With words at your disposal, you can see more clearly. Finding the words is another step in learning to see."
Robin Wall Kimmerer
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