I have come to terms with the future. From this day onward I will walk easy on the earth. Plant trees. Kill no living things. Live in harmony with all creatures. I will restore the earth where I am. Use no more of its resources than I need. And listen, listen to what it is telling me.
— M.J. Slim Hooey
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A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil.
-Ephesians 6:10-11 NLT
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Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting– over and over announcing your place in the family of things.
— Mary Oliver (American poet), From poem Wild Geese
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If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind.
-James 1:5-6 NLT
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I . . . am always glad to touch the living rock again and dip my hand in the high mountain air.
— John Muir (American naturalist and co-founder of the Sierra Club)
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Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.
-1 Peter 3:3-4 NLT
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Nature includes all of the universe and man is not only a part of nature, he is in it up to his neck.
— N.J. Berrill (Science writer)
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“But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!”
-Galatians 5:22-23 NLT
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The wilderness and the idea of wilderness is one of the permanent homes of the human spirit.
— Joseph Wood Krutch (American writer, critic, and naturalist), 1958, from Today and All Its Yesterdays
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“I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.”
-Romans 15:13 NLT
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