“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. Awakening from the stupefying effects of the vice of over-industry and the deadly apathy of luxury, they are trying as best they can to mix and enrich their own little ongoings with those of Nature, and to get rid of rust and disease.” — John Muir (1838-1914)
These thoughts are over 100 years old when the human population of the world was about 1/4 of what it is today… We need to take heed of these thoughts more than ever.
Preindustrial Craftsmanship 
Truer words than this are hard to come by. Thanks for sharing these pearls from the inspiring archives of John Muir!
I’m guessing you’ve probably read Muir’s books, but for anyone who hasn’t, I can highly recommend them. His early life story was quite interesting. Mechanical genius and inventor, as well as a genius in terms of our relationship and need for the natural world, IMHO.
Yes I have. I was stunned by his autobiography but loved them all! I first read them in my 20s and they really hit home for me.