“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.”
“Anyone today who does not give in, who lives according to an ideal, who is capable of firmly keeping his stand, and who despises all that is feeble, devious, twisted, and vile, whatever his age, is infinitely ‘younger’ than the particular ‘youth’ in question.”
— Julius Evola, “Biological Youthfulness and Political Youthfulness.” (1974).
“Even if no catastrophe will end civilization, the catastrophe of our own domestication is enough to cause us to reflect on how much we have lost and what can be done about it. There are no easy solutions, and there probably never were. We should cling to that intimate part of ourselves that civilization can never touch, the part that inspires fear in the hyper-civilized and that manifests itself in the shadows: an invisible menace constantly stalking.”
— The Singing River: A Final Word to the Reluctant
“By observation we usually mean using our eyes, but this just reflects how visually dominated modern people are, raised in a literate and now graphical world. All of our senses have great potential to provide valuable information. For example, smelling or tasting soil can reveal otherwise invisible aspects of its biological, physical and chemical balance. An experienced bird-watcher often learns more from songs and calls than from glimpses of birds that may be elusive. A good fitter and turner can feel the removal of a few ‘thou’ (thousands of an inch) from a crankshaft turning in a lathe.”
— Excerpt From: David Holmgren. “Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability.
“Seek wisdom in books, rare manuscripts, and cryptic poems if you will, but seek it out also in simple stones, and fragile herbs, and in the cries of wild birds. Listen to the whisperings of the wind and the roar of water if you would discover magic, for it is here that the old secrets are preserved.”
“Busca la sabiduría en libros, manuscritos raros y poemas crípticos si quieres, pero búscalo también en piedras simples y hierbas frágiles, y en los gritos de las aves silvestres. Escucha los susurros del viento y el rugido del agua si descubrirías magia, porque es aquí donde se conservan los viejos secretos ”.
