“The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.”
“...beauty and grace [in nature] are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.”
“The least strained and most natural ways of the soul are the most beautiful; the best occupations are the least forced.”
“The old myth of unlimited growth alienates human beings from nature. To live sustainably we must respect nature and live by its rules. We must walk softly, leaving as small a footprint as possible.”
“Why would the disciples invent a God whose holiness was more terrifying than the forces of nature that provoked them to invent a god in the first place?”
“The first rule of translation: make sure you know at least one of the bloody languages!”