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Gary Snyder Quotes

We . . . must try to live without causing unnecessary harm, not just to fellow humans but to all beings. We must try not to be stingy, or to exploit others. There will be enough pain in the world as it is Picture Quote #1

Revolutionary consciousness is to be found among the most ruthlessly exploited masses: animals, trees, water, air, grasses Picture Quote #1

Read carefully, then don’t read; work hard, then forget about it; know your tradition, then liberate yourself from it; learn language, then free yourself from it. Finally, know at least one form of magic Picture Quote #1

I recalled when I worked in the woods and the bars of Madras, Oregon. That short-haired joy and roughness America your stupidity. I could almost love you again Picture Quote #1

In the belly of the furnace of creativity is a sexual fire; the flames twine about each other in fear and delight. The same sort of coiling, at a cooler, slower pace, is what the life of this planet looks like. The enormous spirals of typhoons, the twists and turns of mountain ranges and gorges, the waves and the deep ocean currents - a dragonlike writhing Picture Quote #1

Clouds sink down the hills Coffee is hot again. The dog Turns and turns about, stops and sleeps Picture Quote #1

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Clambering up the Cold Mountain path, The Cold Mountain trail goes on and on: The long gorge choked with scree and boulders, The wide creek, the mist-blurred grass. The moss is slippery, though there’s been no rain The pine sings, but there’s no wind. Who can leap the world’s ties And sit with me among the white clouds? Picture Quote #1

Today we are aware as never before of the plurality of human life-styles and possibilities, while at the same time being tied, like in an old silent movie, to a runaway locomotive rushing headlong toward a very singular catastrophe Picture Quote #1

You don’t want to be victimized by your lesser talents Picture Quote #1

Poetry a riprap on the slick rock of metaphysics Picture Quote #1

Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there Picture Quote #1

True affluence is not needing anything Picture Quote #1

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True affluence is to not need anything Picture Quote #1

The lessons we learn from the wild become the etiquette of freedom Picture Quote #1

Will be but corpses dressed in frocks, who cannot speak to birds or rocks Picture Quote #1

Thought is just an apprehension of touch Picture Quote #1

Walking is the exact balance between spirit and humility Picture Quote #1

Better, the perfect, easy discipline of the swallows dip and swoop, without east or west Picture Quote #1

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Streams and mountains never stay the same Picture Quote #1

Nature is not a place to visit. It is home Picture Quote #1

Stay together learn the flowers go light Picture Quote #1

When the mind is exhausted of images, it invents its own Picture Quote #1

O, ah! The awareness of emptiness brings forth a heart of compassion! Picture Quote #1

Range after range of mountains. Year after year after year. I am still in love Picture Quote #1

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Place and the scale of space must be measured against our bodies and their capabilities Picture Quote #1

Our relation to the natural world takes place in a place Picture Quote #1

Knowing where and who are intimately linked Picture Quote #1

There are those who love to get dirty and fix things. They drink coffee at dawn, beer after work. And those who stay clean, just appreciate things. At breakfast they have milk and juice at night. There are those who do both, they drink tea Picture Quote #1

With no surroundings there can be no path, and with no path one cannot become free Picture Quote #1

Nature is orderly. That which appears to be chaotic in nature is only a more complex kind of order Picture Quote #1

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We . . . must try to live without causing unnecessary harm, not just to fellow humans but to all beings. We must try not to be stingy, or to exploit others. There will be enough pain in the world as it is. (Gary Snyder Quotes) Revolutionary consciousness is to be found among the most ruthlessly exploited masses: animals, trees, water, air, grasses (Gary Snyder Quotes) Read carefully, then don’t read; work hard, then forget about it; know your tradition, then liberate yourself from it; learn language, then free yourself from it. Finally, know at least one form of magic. (Gary Snyder Quotes) I recalled when I worked in the woods and the bars of Madras, Oregon. That short-haired joy and roughness America your stupidity. I could almost love you again (Gary Snyder Quotes) In the belly of the furnace of creativity is a sexual fire; the flames twine about each other in fear and delight. The same sort of coiling, at a cooler, slower pace, is what the life of this planet looks like. The enormous spirals of typhoons, the twists and turns of mountain ranges and gorges, the waves and the deep ocean currents - a dragonlike writhing (Gary Snyder Quotes) Clouds sink down the hills Coffee is hot again. The dog Turns and turns about, stops and sleeps (Gary Snyder Quotes) Clambering up the Cold Mountain path, The Cold Mountain trail goes on and on: The long gorge choked with scree and boulders, The wide creek, the mist-blurred grass. The moss is slippery, though there’s been no rain The pine sings, but there’s no wind. Who can leap the world’s ties And sit with me among the white clouds? (Gary Snyder Quotes) Today we are aware as never before of the plurality of human life-styles and possibilities, while at the same time being tied, like in an old silent movie, to a runaway locomotive rushing headlong toward a very singular catastrophe (Gary Snyder Quotes) You don’t want to be victimized by your lesser talents (Gary Snyder Quotes) Poetry a riprap on the slick rock of metaphysics (Gary Snyder Quotes) Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there (Gary Snyder Quotes) True affluence is not needing anything (Gary Snyder Quotes) True affluence is to not need anything (Gary Snyder Quotes) The lessons we learn from the wild become the etiquette of freedom (Gary Snyder Quotes) Will be but corpses dressed in frocks, who cannot speak to birds or rocks (Gary Snyder Quotes) Thought is just an apprehension of touch (Gary Snyder Quotes) Walking is the exact balance between spirit and humility (Gary Snyder Quotes) Better, the perfect, easy discipline of the swallows dip and swoop, without east or west (Gary Snyder Quotes) Streams and mountains never stay the same (Gary Snyder Quotes) Nature is not a place to visit. It is home (Gary Snyder Quotes) Stay together learn the flowers go light (Gary Snyder Quotes) When the mind is exhausted of images, it invents its own (Gary Snyder Quotes) O, ah! The awareness of emptiness brings forth a heart of compassion! (Gary Snyder Quotes) Range after range of mountains. Year after year after year. I am still in love (Gary Snyder Quotes) Place and the scale of space must be measured against our bodies and their capabilities (Gary Snyder Quotes) Our relation to the natural world takes place in a place (Gary Snyder Quotes) Knowing where and who are intimately linked (Gary Snyder Quotes) There are those who love to get dirty and fix things. They drink coffee at dawn, beer after work. And those who stay clean, just appreciate things. At breakfast they have milk and juice at night. There are those who do both, they drink tea (Gary Snyder Quotes) With no surroundings there can be no path, and with no path one cannot become free (Gary Snyder Quotes) Nature is orderly. That which appears to be chaotic in nature is only a more complex kind of order (Gary Snyder Quotes)

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