To the body and mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company, nature is medicinal and restores their tone. The tradesman, the attorney comes out of the din and craft of the street and sees the sky and the woods, and is a man again. In their eternal calm, he finds himself.
Interpretation
Nature helps restore and rejuvenate the weary body and mind.
This quote emphasizes the healing power of nature for individuals burdened by stressful work and toxic environments. It suggests that stepping away from the chaotic urban life and immersing oneself in the tranquility of nature allows a person to rediscover their true self and regain their vitality, indicating a deep connection between the natural world and personal well-being.
In practice
During a corporate retreat, we took a walk in the forest to reconnect with ourselves, remembering Emerson's belief in the restorative power of nature.
It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms that make or give this virtue; but it is the right or healthy state of every man, when he is free to do that which is constitutional to him to do.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
If we are bold in our thinking, courageous in accepting new ideas, and willing to work with instead of against our land, we shall find in conservation farming an avenue to the greatest food production the world has ever known - not only for the war, but for the peace that is to follow.
We torture and kill two billion sentient living beings every week. 10,000 entire species are wiped out every year because of the actions of one, and we are now facing the sixth mass extinction in cosmological history. If any other organism did this, a biologist would consider them a virus.
As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we could use the sea as the ultimate place to dispose of anything we did not want, from garbage and nuclear wastes to sludge from sewage to entire ships that had reached the end of their useful life.
We are facing a tipping point of environmental crisis unprecedented in human history and our very survival is dependent on protecting nature.
When you plant something, you invest in a beautiful future amidst a stressful, chaotic and, at times, downright appalling world.
In this sequestered nook how sweet To sit upon my orchard seat And birds and flowers once more to greet. . . .
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