“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy.’”
Sylvia Plath
“Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.”
Robin Wall Kimmerer
“A walk in nature, walks the soul back home.”
Mary Davis
“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”
Khalil Gibran
“We do not inherit the land from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ”
Native American Proverb
“Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.”
John Ruskin
“To walk into nature is to witness a thousand miracles.”
Mary Davis
“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”
Henry David Thoreau
“To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night—these are some of the rewards of the simple life.”
John Burroughs
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. ”
Rachel Carson
“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.”
