Gretel Ehrlich Quotes

History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers with scars. — Gretel Ehrlich

There is nothing in nature that can't be taken as a sign of both mortality and invigoration. — Gretel Ehrlich

I thought: to be tough is to be fragile; to be tender is to be truly fierce. — Gretel Ehrlich

Am I like the optimist who, while falling ten stories from a building, says at each story, I'm all right so far? — Gretel Ehrlich

To trace the history of a river ... is to trace the history of the soul, the history of the mind descending and arising in the body. — Gretel Ehrlich

Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are. — Gretel Ehrlich

Islands are reminders of arrivals and departures. — Gretel Ehrlich

Every footstep we take, every action has a consequence. We breathe in weather, but we breathe out CO2. We're responsible for weather and for climate. — Gretel Ehrlich

Animals give us their constant, unjaded faces, and we burden them with our bodies and civilized ordeals. — Gretel Ehrlich

People are not your most important asset ... the right people are. — James C. Collins

Honesty is stronger medicine than sympathy, which may console but often conceals. — Gretel Ehrlich

In many instances, the words "sell" and "influence" are completely interchangeable. — Chris Murray

True solace is finding none, which is to say, it is everywhere. — Gretel Ehrlich

Like water, I have no skin. Only surface tension. — Gretel Ehrlich

Perhaps despair is the only human sin. — Gretel Ehrlich

Twin terrors: to be awake; to be asleep. — Gretel Ehrlich

I came from a rural background, and I didn't come in contact with a lot of wealthy people. — Josh Turner

To know something, then, we must be scrubbed raw, the fasting heart exposed. — Gretel Ehrlich

Walking is also an ambulation of mind. — Gretel Ehrlich

Always remember honey. A good motto is: Take all you can get and give as little as possible. — Mae West

The lessons of impermanence taught me this: loss constitutes an odd kind of fullness; despair empties out into an unquenchable appetite for life. — Gretel Ehrlich

That's like climbing a tree to find a fish. — Mencius

I like big, open, spare landscapes. There's lots of room. Nobody bothers you ... I feel as if I can think there. — Gretel Ehrlich