The beauty of things was born before eyes and sufficient to itself; the heartbreaking beauty
Will remain when there is no heart to break for it.
- Robinson Jeffers
Wild landscapes can buoy human spirits and restore mankind to a semblance of sanity, they should be preserved as outdoor houses of worship
- The New Desert Reader
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Out there somewhere
a shrine for the old ones,
the dust of the old bones,
old songs and tales.
As a hiker, trail runners seem strange to me. Maybe they think the same thing about those heavily laden turtles chatting about every rock, plant and insect they just saw. 馃槅
We humans must revere the earth, for it is our well-being. Always the earth grants us what we need. If we treat the earth with kindness, it will treat us kindly.
- N. Scott Momaday. Earth Keeper
































