Loren Eiseley Quotes

Loren Eiseley — American Scientist born on September 03, 1907, died on July 09, 1977

Loren Eiseley was an American anthropologist, educator, philosopher, and natural science writer, who taught and published books from the 1950s through the 1970s. He received many honorary degrees and was a fellow of multiple professional societies. At his death, he was Benjamin Franklin Professor of Anthropology and History of Science at the University of Pennsylvania... (wikipedia)

Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed and whitened timbers like the homesick refugees of a long war.

It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the great scientist, that he frightens the ordinary man.

One could not pluck a flower without troubling a star.

Man is always marveling at what he has blown apart, never at what the universe has put together, and this is his limitation.

Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.