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“Without wilderness, the world's a cage.”

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David R. Brower was an outstanding environmentalist, born on July 1, 1912, and passed away on November 5, 2000. He played a significant role in the environmental movement, promoting environmental legislation and raising public awareness. more

“We usually recognize a beginning. Endings are more difficult to detect. Most often, they are realized only after reflection. Silence. We are seldom conscious when silence begins—it is only afterward that we realize what we have been a part of. In the night journeys of Canada geese, it is the silence that propels them. Thomas Merton writes, “Silence is the strength of our interior life.… If we fill our lives with silence, then we will live in hope.”

Ifs Writing Has Beens Night Difficult Realizing Silence Our Lives Journey Reflection Conscious Canada Interiors Silence Is Geese

Book:Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place

Source: Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place

“The birds and I share a natural history. It is a matter of rootedness, of living inside a place for so long that the mind and imagination fuse.”

Mind Long Matter Imagination Natural Share Bird Fuse Natural History Rootedness

Book:Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place

Source: Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place

“I pray to the birds. I pray to the birds because I believe they will carry the messages of my heart upward. I pray to them because I believe in their existence, the way their songs begin and end each day—the invocations and benedictions of Earth. I pray to the birds because they remind me of what I love rather than what I fear. And at the end of my prayers, they teach me how to listen.”

Way Believe Heart Ends Earth Song I Believe Prayer Existence Teach Praying My Heart Messages Bird I Believe In Each Day I Pray Benediction Invocation

Book:Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place

Source: Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place

“But, today, the idea of faith returns to me. Faith defies logic and propels us beyond hope because it is not attached to our desires. Faith is the centerpiece of a connected life. It allows us to live by the grace of invisible strands. It is a belief in a wisdom superior to our own. Faith becomes a teacher in the absence of fact.”

Ideas Facts Today Desire Belief Grace Teacher Return Logic Connected Absence Invisible Superiors Live By Strands Centerpieces Return To Me

Book:Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place

Source: Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place

“Mythmaking is the evolutionary enterprise of translating truths.”

Enterprise Translate

Author:Terry Tempest Williams

“Perhaps the most radical act we can commit is to stay home.”

Home Commit Radical

Book:A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams

Source: A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams

“I want to feel both the beauty and the pain of the age we are living in. I want to survive my life without becoming numb. I want to speak and comprehend words of wounding without having these words become the landscape where I dwell. I want to possess a light touch that can elevate darkness to the realm of stars.”

Want Feels Light Age Pain Speak Stars Darkness Becoming Landscape Realms Numb

Author:Terry Tempest Williams

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