Wade Davis Quote
Culture is not trivial. It is not a decoration or artifice, the songs we sing or even the prayers we chant. It is a blanket of comfort that gives meaning to lives. It is a body of knowledge that allows the individual to make sense out of the infinite sensations of consciousness, to find meaning and order in a universe that ultimately has neither. Culture is a body of laws and traditions, a moral and ethical code that insulates a people from the barbaric heart that lies just beneath the surface of all human societies and indeed all human beings. Culture alone allows us to reach, as Abraham Lincoln said, for the better angels of our nature.
Wade Davis
Culture is not trivial. It is not a decoration or artifice, the songs we sing or even the prayers we chant. It is a blanket of comfort that gives meaning to lives. It is a body of knowledge that allows the individual to make sense out of the infinite sensations of consciousness, to find meaning and order in a universe that ultimately has neither. Culture is a body of laws and traditions, a moral and ethical code that insulates a people from the barbaric heart that lies just beneath the surface of all human societies and indeed all human beings. Culture alone allows us to reach, as Abraham Lincoln said, for the better angels of our nature.
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About Wade Davis
Wade Davis may refer to:
Wade Davis (anthropologist) (born 1953), Canadian anthropologist and ethnobotanist
Wade Davis (American football) (born 1977), former American football player
Wade Davis (baseball) (born 1985), former baseball player
Wade–Davis Bill, American legislation, vetoed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1864
Wade Davis, president and CEO of UniMás
Wade Davis (anthropologist) (born 1953), Canadian anthropologist and ethnobotanist
Wade Davis (American football) (born 1977), former American football player
Wade Davis (baseball) (born 1985), former baseball player
Wade–Davis Bill, American legislation, vetoed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1864
Wade Davis, president and CEO of UniMás