Posted on June 28, 2026
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You will find something far greater in the woods than you will find in books. Stones and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
Posted on June 7, 2026
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If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.
Posted on May 17, 2026
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When a forest gets to be this old and untouched, it becomes something more than a forest. It becomes what we would think of as a mind, with history…
Category: SpiritualityTags: ancient bristlecone forest, bristlecone pine, bristlecone pine forest, forest, hillside, mountains, nature, photo, photography, quote, rick bass, snow, trees
Posted on April 26, 2026
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“Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.” — Bishop Reginald Heber
Category: SpiritualityTags: azaeleas, bishop reginald heber, chicago botanic gardens, clouds, flowers, japanese garden, nature, park, photo, photography, quote, trees
Posted on March 25, 2026
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I go among the trees and sit still.All my stirring becomes quietaround me like circles on water.My tasks lie in their placeswhere I left them, asleep like cattle.
Category: SpiritualityTags: fern, forest, muir woods, nature, photo, photography, poem, quote, sabbaths, trees, wendell berry
Posted on March 1, 2026
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Happiness is a direction, not a place.
Posted on May 11, 2025
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Nature teaches us simplicity and contentment, because in its presence we realize we need very little to be happy.
Posted on March 30, 2025
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I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened. Mark Twain
Category: WisdomTags: donner lake, donner pass, forest, lake, mark twain, nature, path, photo, photography, trail, trees, wisdom
Posted on January 29, 2025
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The times are urgent; let us slow down.
Category: SpiritualityTags: african saying, chicago, forest, hill, morton arboretum, nature, park, photo, photography, qjuote, snow, trees
Posted on January 26, 2025
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Be a lamp or a lifeboat or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.
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