Robin Wall Kimmerer Quotes
American botanist, professor and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, author of 'Braiding Sweetgrass' (2013).
“Being a good mother means teaching your children to care for the world.”
“In a consumer society, contentment is a radical proposition.”
“There is no formula complex enough to hold the birthplace of stories.”
“Regenerative economies that reciprocate the gift are the only path forward.”
“There is an ancient conversation going on between mosses and rocks, poetry to be sure.”
“There is such tenderness in braiding the hair of someone you love.”
“Despite our fears of falling, the gifts of the world stand by to catch us.”
“When we call a place by name it is transformed from wilderness to homeland.”
“To be native to a place we must learn to speak its language.”
“Imagination is one of our most powerful tools. What we imagine, we can become.”
“A harvest is made honorable when it sustains the giver as well as the taker.”
“Ceremony focuses attention so that attention becomes intention.”
