Robert Bly Quotes About Elders

Quotes about: Elders

• In the sibling society, both the adult and the elder get lost, and no one knows where they are.

  Robert Bly

  Sibling, Adults, Lost

  Source: www.utne.com

• An elder is someone who understands that the world belongs to the dead.

  Robert Bly

  World, Elders

  Source: www.utne.com

• When an elder turns to face the dead, that means he turns away from facing the future and his own retirement in Phoenix, let's say. He turns and finds himself facing the children.

  Robert Bly

  Retirement, Children, Mean

  Source: www.utne.com

• In some Mayan villages they even have a stage beyond the elder that they call the Echo Person. They say that when an Echo Person, whether a man or a woman, speaks, the words echo both in this world and in the other world. That's why they are called Echo People.

  Robert Bly

  Men, Echoes, Other Worlds

  Source: www.utne.com

• I think more and more people are recognizing how much adults and elders are actually needed. That's a gift of the sibling society.

  Robert Bly

  Sibling, Thinking, People

  Source: www.utne.com

• The distance between the adolescent and the true adult is about five thousand miles, but the distance between the adult and the elder is almost as large.

  Robert Bly

  Distance, Adults, Miles

  Source: www.utne.com

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