Lyall Watson Quotes


We try to abolish intervals by our manic insistence on keeping busy, on doing something. And as a result, all we succeed in doing is destroying all hope of tranquility. ... . You have to learn to immerse yourself in the silences between.


Citations

Watson, Lyall. Lightning Bird: One Man's Journey Into Africa. Simon & Schuster, 1982, p. 87.

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Lyall Watson
Lyall Watson
  • Born: April 12, 1939
  • Died: June 25, 2008
  • Nationality: South African
  • Profession: Scientist, Author

Lyall Watson was a South African botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist, ethologist, and author of many books, among the most popular of which is the best seller Supernature. Lyall Watson tried to make sense of natural and supernatural phenomena in biological terms. He is credited with coining the "hundredth monkey" effect in his 1979 book, Lifetide; later, in The Whole Earth Review, he conceded this was "a metaphor of my own making".