"To help the young soul, to add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame; to redeem defeat by new thought and firm action, this, though not easy, is the work of divine man." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The desert wears... a veil of mystery. Motionless and silent it evokes in us an elusive hint of something unknown, unknowable, about to be revealed. Since the desert does not act it seems to be waiting -- but waiting for what?" ~ Edward Abbey
"Humankind's greatest priority is to reintegrate with the natural world." ~ Jonathon Porritt
