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Wade Davis quotes: The healing repertoire of the Egyptians included herbal remedies for crocodile bites.

The healing repertoire of the Egyptians included herbal remedies for crocodile bites.

Wade Davis quotes: All cultures through all time have constantly been engaged in a dance with new possibilities for life. Change is the one constant in human history.

All cultures through all time have constantly been engaged in a dance with new possibilities for life. Change is the one constant in human history.

Wade Davis quotes: What is science but the pursuit of the truth? What is Buddhism but 2500 years of observation as to the nature of mind?

What is science but the pursuit of the truth? What is Buddhism but 2500 years of observation as to the nature of mind?

Wade Davis quotes: Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit.

Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit.

Wade Davis quotes: Risk discomfort and solitude for understanding.

Risk discomfort and solitude for understanding.

Wade Davis quotes: Marsh had travelled on foot to the source of the Nile and once stood down a charging rhinoceros by intrepidly opening a pink umbrella in its face.

Marsh had travelled on foot to the source of the Nile and once stood down a charging rhinoceros by intrepidly opening a pink umbrella in its face.

Wade Davis quotes: These other cultures are not failed attempts to be us; they are unique manifestations of the spirit - other options, other visions of life itself.

These other cultures are not failed attempts to be us; they are unique manifestations of the spirit - other options, other visions of life itself.

Wade Davis quotes: Change is no threat to culture.

Change is no threat to culture.

Wade Davis quotes: Death's power lies in fear, which flourishes in the imagination and the unknown.

Death's power lies in fear, which flourishes in the imagination and the unknown.

Wade Davis quotes: We settled long ago," he later reflected, "that there's no reckoning with death.

We settled long ago," he later reflected, "that there's no reckoning with death.

Wade Davis quotes: In my humble opinion," (Ghandi) told the court, "non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is co-operation with good.

In my humble opinion," (Ghandi) told the court, "non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is co-operation with good.

Wade Davis quotes: So be patient. Do not compromise. And give your destiny time to find you.

So be patient. Do not compromise. And give your destiny time to find you.

Wade Davis quotes: Language is an old-growth forest of the mind.

Language is an old-growth forest of the mind.

Wade Davis quotes: The surface of the Earth itself is an immense loom upon which the sun weaves the fabric of existence.

The surface of the Earth itself is an immense loom upon which the sun weaves the fabric of existence.

Wade Davis quotes: It's haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction.

It's haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction.

Wade Davis quotes: On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.

On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.

Wade Davis quotes: You know, once something freezes, it's solid. That's the key to the arctic - they didn't fear the cold, they made use of it.

You know, once something freezes, it's solid. That's the key to the arctic - they didn't fear the cold, they made use of it.

Wade Davis quotes: The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations.

The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations.

Wade Davis quotes: Only, in Haiti, I realized, is it possible to drink rum and haggle with a god.

Only, in Haiti, I realized, is it possible to drink rum and haggle with a god.

Wade Davis quotes: Schultes was a naive photographer. For him a beautiful image was one of something beautiful.

Schultes was a naive photographer. For him a beautiful image was one of something beautiful.