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“The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a river is one of the veins of the land, not potential irrigation water; if a forest is a sacred grove, not timber; if other species are biological kin, not resources; or if the planet is our mother, not an opportunity -- then we will treat each other with greater respect. Thus is the challenge, to look at the world from a different perspective.”

“No accident of environment or circumstance need cut us off from nature. ... It does not matter how shut in we are. Opportunity for wide experience is of small acccount in this as in other things; it is depth that brings understanding and life.”

Needs Doe Matter Opportunity Understanding Nature Environment Cutting Circumstances Depth Wide Accidents

Author:Mary Webb

“People who contend with stressful situations regularly detect more opportunities of this nature than people who are living in pampered circumstances.”

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Author:Gunter Pauli

“Remember that the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.”

Shows Wisdom Remember Opportunity Nature Strength Storm Stability Don't Give Up Good Opportunity Cypresses Eye Of The Storm

Author:Ho Chi Minh

“Look underfoot. You are always nearer to the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Don't despise your own place and hour. Every place is the center of the world.”

Thinking World Looks Opportunity Difficult Nature Hours Source Where You Are Despise Lure Great Opportunity Deceptive Center Of The World

Author:John Burroughs

“Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television.”

Source: A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There

“We have such a brief opportunity to pass on to our children our love for this Earth, and to tell our stories. These are the moments when the world is made whole. In my children's memories, the adventures we've had together in nature will always exist.”

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Book:Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder