In our bones we need the natural curves of hills, the scent of chaparral, the whisper of pines, the possibility of wildness.

The children and nature movement is fueled by this fundamental idea: the child in nature is an endangered species, and the health of children and the health of the Earth are inseparable.

Time in nature is not leisure time; it's an essential investment in our chidlren's health (and also, by the way, in our own).

Nature is imperfectly perfect, filled with loose parts and possibilities, with mud and dust, nettles and sky, transcendent hands-on moments and skinned knees.

Every child needs nature. Not just the ones with parents who appreciate nature. Not only those of a certain economic class or culture or set of abilities. Every child.

We cannot protect something we do not love, we cannot love what we do not know, and we cannot know what we do not see. Or hear. Or sense.

By bringing nature into our lives, we invite humility.

Natural play strengthens children's self-confidence and arouses their senses-their awareness of the world and all that moves in it, seen and unseen.

What would our lives be like if our days and nights were as immersed in nature as they are in technology?

An environment-based education movement--at all levels of education--will help students realize that school isn't supposed to be a polite form of incarceration, but a portal to the wider world.

Time spent in nature is the most cost-effective and powerful way to counteract the burnout and sort of depression that we feel when we sit in front of a computer all day.

Dovresti imparare a non avere paura.

By simple mathematics giving is key to the world you seek to live in. If I take I alone gain. If I give or share then two at least are enriched.

I tucked the Camel coupon from his cigarette pack into my pocket. A souvenir of the moment where he said maybe. I would hold on to his maybe for as long as it would take, even forever.

[Donald] Trump's narcissism seems to be reflected in his need to be liked and treated positively.

I think what we need is to understand each other much more, especially with the whole world right now.

Even if nothing worse than wasted mental effort could be laid to the charge of theology, that alone ought to be sufficient to banish it from the earth, as one of the worst enemies of mankind.

If you want to preach a revolutionary message, wear a suit.

I like to try new things.

If you think you're a leader, and you look over your shoulder and there ain't nobody following you, man, you're just takin' a walk.

There is hardly a more heart-thrilling pleasure enjoyed by mortals, than that which parents feel when seeing their child first being able to 'catch knowledge of objects.