| ~ Blue Nile Falls, Ethiopia ~ |
| The Healing Power of Nature |
| ~ Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA ~ |
| ~ Skogafoss Falls, Iceland ~ |
| ~ Kaluahine Falls, Hawaii, USA ~ |
| ~ Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA ~ |
| ~ Glen Canyon, Utah & Arizona, USA ~ |
| ~ Proxy Falls, Oregon, USA ~ |
| ~ Pinchot National Park, Washington, USA ~ |
| ~ Toketee Falls, Oregon, USA ~ |
| ~ British Columbia, Canada ~ |
| ~ Isle of Skye, Scotland ~ |
| ~ Iguazu Falls, Argentina ~ |
| I deem that there are powers which of themselves our minds impress; That we can feed this mind of ours in a wise and soothing passiveness. One impulse from a vernal wood may teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, than all the sages can. -- William Wordsworth |
| ~ Anderson Falls, Indiana, USA ~ |
| I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. -- John Burroughs |
| One has to be alone, under the sky, before everything falls into place. We have to have the humility to realize ourselves as part of nature. -- Thomas Merton |
| Silence is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. -- William Penn |
| There is magic in pool or stream or falls. If you don't believe it, stand a man--even one plunged into his deepest reveries--on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water. -- Herman Melville |
| There is healing in the forest for tired minds and for overburdened spirits; there is strength in the mountains, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer. -- Calvin Coolidge |
| The trees of the forest do not teach platitudes, and the tumbling water teaches no precepts; undeterred by particulars, they preach the ancient law of life. -- Herman Hesse |
| Whatever is suffered by nature's creatures, all scars she heals, whether in water or in sky or in hearts. -- John Muir |
| If you watch nature continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn. -- Bernie Seigel |
| We need the tonic of wilderness...we can never have enough of nature. -- Henry David Thoreau |
| In nature, people can find the silence and solitude that can connect them to their evolutionary heritage and, through an experience of the eternal mystery, can give them a sense of the sacredness of all creation. -- Sigurd Olson |
| There is always Music in nature, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. -- M. Aumonier |
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