“As you become a powerful person, it becomes increasingly important to have periods of solitude. Take a weekend by yourself. Go up into the mountains or desert and check into a little cabin. Go by yourself.” LittlesPersonsImportantNaturePowerfulBuddhismPeriodsSolitudeMountainChecksDesertWeekendCabinsPowerful Person Author:Frederick Lenz
“Wherever I go I need a period of incubation so that I may learn the essence of nature, which never wishes to be understood or yield herself.” NeedsMayWishNaturePeriodsUnderstoodEssenceYieldIncubation Author:Paul Gauguin
“A period recourse into the wilds is not a retreat into secret silent sanctums to escape a wicked world, it is to take breath amid effort to forge a better world.” WorldNatureEffortSecretPeriodsBreathsSilentWickedWildernessRetreatRecreationEscapingRecourseWicked World Author:Benton MacKaye
“You are leaving port under sealed orders and in a troubled period. You cannot know whither you are going or what you are to do. But why not take the Pilot on board who knows the nature of your sealed orders from the outset, and who will shape your entire voyage accordingly? He knows the shoals and the sand banks, the rocks and the reefs, He will steer you safely into that celestial harbor where your anchor will be cast for eternity. Let His almighty nail-pierced hands hold the wheel, and you will be safe.” KnowsHandsOrderNatureRocksPeriodsShapesSafeEternityLeavingCastsBoardsWheelsSandWhy NotPilotsAlmightyNailsHarborsAnchorsVoyagesCelestialPortSteersReefs Author:Peter Marshall
“What I love about the currawongs is the way in which they appear from nowhere and, for a brief period, rule the garden's soundscape, only to disappear as quickly as they arrived.” WayNaturePeriodsGardenDisappear Author:John Gould