In this very breath that we take now lies the secret that all great teachers try to tell us.

Peter Matthiessen (1927 CE-2014 CE), Peter Matthiessen was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher and CIA officer. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he was the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction and fiction. He was also a prominent environmental activist.