Exploration of the natural world begins in early childhood, flourishes in middle childhood, and continues in adolescence as a pleasure and a source of strength for social action.

If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it.

What's important is that children have an opportunity to bond with the natural world, to learn to love it and feel comfortable in it, before being asked to heal its wounds.

The heart of childhood, from seven to eleven, is the critical period for bonding with the earth.

You can’t bounce off the walls If there are no walls: outdoor schools make kids happier—and smarter

Wet sneakers and muddy clothes are prerequisites for understanding the water cycle.

We tiptoed the tops of beaver dams, hopped hummocks, went wading, looked at spring flowers, tried to catcha snake, got lost and found. How fine it was to move at a meandery, child's pace.

To-night when the full-bellied moon swallows the stars. Grant that I know.

Have you noticed that the imbecile always smiles? Man's first frown is the first touch of God on his forehead. The touch of thought.

It's better to have won & lost than to have won, stopped trying, & descended into alcoholism.

If the Fed ceases hiking, against the backdrop of still rising commodity prices, then the Australian dollar will have few reasons for resisting any topside advances.

So long as large armies go to battle, so long will the air arm remain their spearhead.

Tell the students to give up their small ambitions and come eastward to preach the gospel of Christ.

Far from being a psychological trait, the spirit of revenge is the principle on which our whole psychology depends.

I made a tremendous amount of money on real estate. I'll take real estate rather than go to Wall Street and get 2.8 percent.

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers.

It's because Jesus spoke so frequently about hell that the church should take the concept seriously.