Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.
My dad is very environmentally conscious, and so I've always been close to nature.
And where was happiness if it sprung not from the soil? Where contentment if it dwelt not near to Nature?
We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are.
The further you get from nature, the less happy you are; and the nearer, the more exultant you become over the world and all that there is in it.
Nature had gathered her choicest treasures , to draw her lovers into close and confiding communion with her
America is still a frontier country of wide open spaces. Our closeness to nature is one reason why our problem is not repression but regression; our notorious violence is the constant eruption of primi-tiveness, of anarchic individualism.
Barbarian --A Code of Conduct honored by all true barbarian warriors, requiring excellent coordination with weapons, closeness to nature, awkwardness with women, common sense, and completion of the mission.
What profound reward you must glean from studying the world so closely....Too many people turn away from small wonders, I find. There is so much more potency to be found in detail than generalities, but most souls cannot train themselves to sit still for it.
