A quote by John Muir
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A quote by John Muir
We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men. . . . In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
In the clearing, where the mind flowers and the world sprouts up at every side, listen for the sound in the bushes behind the grass. —Marcia Falk, “Listen”
Bernie Krause • Wild Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World, Revised Edition
“This is the homeland to which every spiritual pilgrim is constantly being called, “called home,” as St. Augustine says, “from the noise that is around us to the joys that are silent. Why do we rush about… looking for God who is here at home with us, if all we want is to be with him?” 8 This joy that is silent is already within us. Its discovery is... See more
Go into the woods to lose sight and memory of the crimes of your contemporaries. —JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
Max Brooks • Devolution
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.