laurens van der post

Modern man has lost the sense of wonder about the unknown, and he treats it San enemy.

— Laurens van der Post

We have known for a long time that Prince Charles' empty sails are so rigged as to be swelled by any passing waft or breeze of crankiness and can't. He fell for the fake anthropologist Laurens van der Post. He was bowled over by the charms of homeopathic medicine. Furthermore, he has been believably reported as saying that plants do better if you talk to them in a soothing and encouraging way.

— Christopher Hitchens