Quotes by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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theft words capitalism consumerism nature life human restoration plants native-american healing land balance contamination languages species relationship home love heartbreak care knowledge isolation animacy despair grief wound ceremony cycles reverence

“In some Native languages the term for plants translates to “those who take care of us.”
— Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
care plants

“Balance is not a passive resting place—it takes work, balancing the giving and the taking, the raking out and the putting in.”
— Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
balance