104 Quotes by Barry López

My function as a writer is to provide an atmosphere in which people can think wisely about what we’re doing on this planet.

It is, after all, not man but the universe that is subtle.

Traveling encourages the revision of received wisdoms and the shedding of prejudices. It turns the mind toward a consideration of context and releases it from the dictatorship of absolute truths about humanity.

For me, the ability to listen carefully to another person’s perspective, rather than summarily deciding what that person means, is in keeping with the behavior one expects of an elder. And the ability to understand what someone else is thinking is the foundation of stable social order.

There's so much to be afraid of.