It is because our own human existence is so dependent on the help of others that our need for love lies at the very foundation of our existence. Therefore we need a genuine sense of responsibility and a sincere concern for the welfare of others.
~The Dalai Lama
Photo by KR Backwoods Photography, used with permission
You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.
~ Chief Seattle
Yosemite Valley – photo by Gary Hart Photography, used with permission
Ecology and spirituality are fundamentally connected because deep ecological awareness, ultimately, is spiritual awareness.
~ Fritjof Capra
Near Wallace Falls, KR Backwoods Photography, used with permission
Every living being is connected intimately, and from this intimacy follows the capacity of identification, and as its natural consequence, the practice of non-violence.
~ Arne Naess
Sunrise, Mt. Baker – photo by Marcel Pepin Photography, used with permission
When we speak of Nature it is wrong to forget that we are ourselves a part of Nature. We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky or a thought, because we too are linked to the entire universe.
~ Henri Matisse
Photo by Zastrozzi Dh Photography, used with permission
Reality cannot be found except in One single source, because of the interconnection of all things with one another.
~ Leibniz
Haystack Rock, Oregon – photo by Mirwais Azami Photography, used with permission
I don’t know what your destiny will be, But one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
~ Albert Schweitzer
Sunset Blues – photo by Mirwais Azami Photography, used with permission
And the poorest twig on the elm-tree
was ridged inch deep with pearl.
The Mall, Central Park – photo courtesy of James Tomaszewski
See how nature trees, flowers, grass grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence we need silence to be able to touch souls.
~ Mother Teresa
Rimrock Lake – KR Backwoods Photography, used with permission
When we pay attention to Nature’s music, we find that everything on the Earth contributes to its harmony.
~ Hazrat Inayat Khan
Eclipse of the Moon, Carnationa, WA – photo by Mirwais Azami Photography, used with permission
Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. This is not just a dream, but a necessity.
~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Misty Greens – Chris Williams Exploration Photography, used with permission
The universe is composed of subjects to be communed with, not objects to be exploited. Everything has its own voice. Thunder and lightening and stars and planets, flowers, birds, animals, trees – all these have voices, and they constitute a community of existence that is profoundly related.
~ Thomas Berry
Hawaii early morning – courtesy of Brad Scott Photography
Interdependence is not romantic, but its the truth of things that our lives have something to do with one another.
~ Sharon Salzberg
Colors of the Forest, courtesy of Lars van de Goor Photography Art, used with permission
The Circle has healing power. In the Circle, we are all equal. When in the Circle, no one is in front of you. No one is behind you. No one is above you. No one is below you. The Sacred Circle is designed to create unity. The Hoop of Life is also a circle. On this hoop there is a place for every species, every race, every tree and every plant. It is this completeness of Life that must be respected in order to bring about health on this planet.
~Dave Chief, Oglala Lakota
Sunrise, Mt. Baker – photo by Marcel Pepin Photography, used with permission
I believe that the universe is one being, all its parts are different expressions of the same energy, and they are all in communication with each other, influencing each other, therefore parts of one organic whole.
~ Robinson Jeffers
Rialto Beach – photo by KR Backwoods Photography, used with permission
