How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when on is fully aware of blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some mof the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light."
- Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams
Thank you to Paul Hawken's book Blessed Unrest (of which I am in the middle of reading) for this quote.
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The quote is silly... listen to the language - it sounds like someone trying to be SMRT and trying to say something profound, when they just state the obvious.
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