"Only when you are still inside do you have access to the realm of stillness that rocks, plants, and animals inhabit.....

"Nature exists in the innocent stillness that is prior to the arising of thought. The tree, the flower, the bird, the rock, are unaware of their own beauty and sacredness...

"Nature can bring you to stillness. That is its gift to you...

"When you perceive and join with nature in the field of stillness, that field becomes permeated with your awareness. That is your gift to nature...

"Through you, nature becomes aware of itself. Nature has been waiting for you, as it were, for millions of years."

Eckhart Tolle, Stillness Speaks