Joanna Macy
American eco-philosopher, scholar of Buddhism, and translator of Rilke. A pioneer of "Deep Ecology" and the "Work That Reconnects," Macy has spent six decades teaching that grief for the world is the gateway to action for the world. Her translations of Rilke (with Anita Barrows) brought a generation of seekers to a contemplative German poet, and her own books — World as Lover World as Self, Coming Back to Life, Active Hope — gave the modern environmental movement a contemplative core.
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Quotes by Joanna Macy
106 quotes“All is held in the web of life. Nothing is forgotten.”
webActive Hope
“To live wholeheartedly is to love wholeheartedly.”
wholenessComing Back to Life
“The river of life flows through us. We are not the river. The river flows.”
flowWorld as Lover, World as Self
“Each generation inherits the responsibility of the next.”
responsibilityActive Hope
“The world breathes through us. We are its breath.”
breathWorld as Lover, World as Self
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