Quotes about "Indigenous Wisdom"

I grew up as a fifth-generation Jew in the American South, at the confluence of two great storytelling traditions. After graduating from Yale in the 1980s, I moved to Japan. For young adventure seekers like myself, the white-hot Japanese miracle held a similar appeal as Russia in 1920s or Paris in the 1950s. ”

The simplest consequence of walking on crutches is that you walk slower. Every step must be a necessary one. When you hurry, you get where you're going, but you get there alone. When you go slow, you get where you're going, but you get there with a community you've built along the way. ”

Even Superman's name reflects his creators' biblical knowledge. ”

Happy families do have certain things in common. Today we finally have the knowledge to know what those things are. ”

No, I never - no one ever - I never learned anything when I was a kid. Honestly, my parents had nothing to tell me - like, no wisdom, nothing. ”

I learned about Chinese ceramics and African sculptures, I aired my scanty knowledge of the French Impressionists, and I prospered. ”

In order to predict effectively, we need to use science. And the reason that we need to use science is because then we can reproduce what we're doing; it's not just wisdom or guesswork. And if we can predict, then we can engineer the future. ”

It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged. ”

You learn a lot about human nature in a bar. ”

Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion. ”