“Reciprocity is a matter of keeping the gift in motion through self-perpetuating cycles of giving and receiving.”

— Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass (2013)

About Robin Wall Kimmerer

American botanist, professor and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, author of 'Braiding Sweetgrass' (2013).

“Gratitude plants the seed for abundance.”

“Grieving is a sign of spiritual health.”

“Being a good mother means teaching your children to care for the world.”

“Whate'er I may have been, or am, doth rest between Heaven and myself; I shall not choose a mortal to be my mediator.”

“Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.”

“I've found that there is always some beauty left — in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.”

“Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-canceling business; and it gives in the long run a net result of zero.”

“I could give you no advice but this: to go into yourself and to explore the depths where your life wells forth.”

“The basic stimulus to the intelligence is doubt, a feeling that the meaning of an experience is not self-evident.”